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The Formation Process of SME Networks: A comparative case analysis of social processes in Austria, Belgium and Turkey

By Marita Haas , Prof. Rudolf Vetschera (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Year
2007
ISBN
978-3-8350-0854-0, 978-3-8350-5431-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-8350-5431-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1472779 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
255\263
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

Cooperation concepts can be considered as an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome arising problems due to their size. Although the advantages of cooperations, such as cost sharing, access to new markets and increased flexibility, are well-known and discussed in literature, the realization of the concept remains challenging. Marita Haas claims that social processes are decisive for the success of SME networks and creates a phase concept based on group theory that describes how owners of small enterprises enter into a cooperation. The framework is applied to three network formation cases in Austria, Belgium and Turkey. The author shows that group theory is a useful tool to understand and anticipate processes in networked organizations and indicates that the group formation process must be accomplished before a network will be able to create benefits.

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