Relational upgrading in global value networks

Glückler, Johannes; Panitz, Robert

doi:10.1093/jeg/lbw033

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“…Relational approaches have been used to explain various socio-economic and management issues, including innovation performance (Beugelsdijk, 2007;Floysand & Jakobsen, 2011), knowledge production (Faulconbridge, 2007), entrepreneurship (Yeung, 2009), and technology upgrading (Hansen, Fold, & Hansen, 2016). Studies using a relational lens empirically have covered a wide range of topics: foreign market entry (Gluckler, 2006), global value networks (Gluckler & Panitz, 2016), location choice (Karreman, Burger, & van Oort, 2017), dynamic interorganizational relations (Henderson & Alderson, 2016), and multilevel social ties and interactions (Brailly, 2016;Kemeny, Feldman, Ethridge, & Zoller, 2016).…”

Section: A Geographic Relational Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, a geographic relational lens is based on emergent outcomes from the bottom up and treats relations as episodic, with varying configurations of relations coalescing around different issues (Bathelt & Gluckler, 2003). In this sense, firm decisions serve as a starting point for a bottom-up approach comprising four interrelated steps: (1) identifying relational actors inside and outside the firm (Gluckler & Doreian, 2016); (2) determining the nature of their relations (Yeung, 2005); (3) analyzing sources of relational power (Yeung, 2005); and (4) examining how the relational actors themselves are interconnected (Gluckler & Panitz, 2016).…”

Section: A Geographic Relational Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In summary, our research focus is on the emergence or the ''becoming'' that ensues from these processes, and on explaining this emergence of an international firm in terms of relational systems and actors, and their recurrent context-relevant patterns of interaction (Abdelnour et al, 2017;Gluckler & Panitz, 2016). The unit of analysis is an actor's networks, relationships, and interactions (Gluckler & Doreian, 2016;Yeung, 2005).…”

Section: A Geographic Relational Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…We position the three relational building blocks as being well equipped to account for and then theorize about the influences that these factors have on EMF internationalization (see Table 4). Also, by clearly specifying operationalizable variables for quantification and empirical testing, a geographic relational perspective offers a theoretically distinctive and analytically tractable approach (Brailly, 2016;Gluckler & Panitz, 2016;Karreman et al, 2017;Kemeny et al, 2016).…”

Section: New Research Questions From a Geographic Relational Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In quantitative studies in this area, innovative methodologies are emerging. For instance, Gluckler and Panitz (2016) adopt generalized blockmodeling techniques for theorizing about the spatial context and the spatial mobility of interorganizational networks, as connected to deductive empirical testing. Meanwhile, Brailly (2016) uses exponential random graph models to vividly display important interdependences between individual and inter-organizational relations.…”

Section: Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

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A geographic relational perspective on the internationalization of emerging market firms

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The growth of outward foreign direct investment from emerging markets has led to increased scholarly attention on the internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs). We break from the recent strategic approach on internationalizing EMFs to develop a problematization approach, which permits us to introduce a geographic relational perspective. We use this perspective to highlight process thinking, complex social realities, and relational practice as means by which to better develop theory on the internationalization of EMFs. Our emergent approach emphasizes the need to view EMF internationalization as deeply situated in multifaceted contextual influences, as influenced by path dependence and as manifested in practice. These three relational tenets (contextuality, path dependence, and practice) are central to our geographic relational approach's ability to generate new challenging research questions for understanding EMF internationalization. Consequently, we add novelty to the international business domain by bringing space and process to the forefront of the EMF research agenda. Journal of International Business Studies (2020) 51, 50-71.

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Lateral Network Governance

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The author of this article goes beyond acknowledging networks as a governance mode to elaborate on the actual forms of governance that convey legitimate and acceptable coordination. He advances the concept of lateral network governance in the empirical context of organized networks, in which organizations pool resources and join their interests in the pursuit of common goals. To solve the puzzle of having independent equals commit themselves to coordinating their actions, the author aims to overcome the traditional dualism between formal and informal mechanisms of governance. Instead, he conceives lateral network governance as a structure for the legitimate delegation of decision-making. He develops a social network analytic approach to assessing the relational distribution of legitimacy. With his empirical analysis of two case studies of inter-firm network organizations, he illustrates the degree to which the actual legitimacy distribution diverges from formal governance authority. Lateral network governance has practical implications for inter-organizational networks and network managers.

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In our paper we investigate to what extent ex ante knowledge about a response network can be made available in order to deal with a crisis such as an infectious disease outbreak. Outbreaks are almost by definition characterized by a lack of information and knowledge. We introduce the organizational network governance approach for producing information prior to an actual outbreak, which is useful in limiting a virus’s transmission and impact. By introducing two fictitious but realistic outbreak scenarios—the outbreak of the West Nile Virus (WNV) and the outbreak of a New Asian Coronavirus (NAC) in the Netherlands—we demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach. We formulate recommendations how to use the generated information to strengthen the organizational context in order to limit a virus’s transmission and impact and how to further develop the organizational network governance approach. We also formulate recommendations for how to further develop the organizational network governance approach.

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Relational upgrading in global value networks

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A geographic relational perspective on the internationalization of emerging market firms

A geographic relational perspective on the internationalization of emerging market firms

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