6. Network Level Strategy (II)

Question 1

Wat is:

De Inhoud van: ‘Network Level Strategy’

Answer 1

1. The issue of  inter-organizational relationships 
  Relational actors
  Relational objectives
  Relational factors
  Relational arrangements

2. The paradox of competition and cooperation
   The demand for inter-organizational competition
   The demand for inter-organizational cooperation
3. Perspectives on network level strategy
   The discrete organization perspective vs. the embedded organization
   perspective
   Managing the paradox
   International perspective

Question 2

Wat zijn:

De 8 Relational Actors in het netwerk van een firma?

Answer 2

Er zijn 4 Industry Relations:
  De Upstream Vertical Relations
  De Downstream Vertical Relations
  De Indirect Horizontal Relations
  De Direct Horizontal Relations

Er zijn ook 4 Contextual Actors:
Socio-Cultural Actors (e.g. media)
Economic Actors (e.g. unions, tax authority)
Political/Regulatory Actors (e.g. government)
Technological Actors (e.g. reasearch Institutes)

Question 3

Wat zijn:

De Relational Objectives?

Answer 3

Voor Leveraging Resources: lenen (patent) en leren (nieuwe technologie)
Voor Integrating Activities: linking (verticaal, conglomeraat) en lumping (horizontaal)
Voor Aligning Positions: leaning (onderhandeling) en lobbying (overheid)