Foreign market entry as network entry: A relational-structuration perspective on internationalization in television content production

Securing Access to Lower-cost Talent Globally: The Dynamics of Active Embedding and Field Structuration

“…More recently, research suggests that as MNCs increasingly globalize innovation activities (e.g. KENNEY et al, 2009) they have also contributed to the emergence of global innovation networks, by connecting local clusters of captive operations and specialized suppliers (ERNST, 2005;SYDOW et al, 2010). Our findings show how MNCs shape these networks by engaging in certain collaborative practices which condition local exchanges and influence the way in which local clusters participate in global value chains.…”

“…We therefore take a different view on embedding and institutional conditions affecting foreign investment in particular contextshere: offshore sourcing of engineering and other knowledge work. In a recent debate on the use of institutional theory in international business research (KOSTOVA et al, 2008;PHILLIPS and TRACY, 2009;, PHILLIPS and TRACY (2009) suggest to utilize the concept of organizational field (DIMAGGIO and POWELL, 1983) to better capture institutional processes spanning geographic levels and boundaries, and the role of MNC agency in affecting these processes (see also SYDOW et al, 2010). DIMAGGIO and POWELL (1983) define organizational fields as "…those organizations that, in the aggregate, constitute a recognized area of institutional life: key suppliers, resource and product consumers, regulatory agencies, and other organizations that produce similar services or products […]" (p.148) The field concept captures the "totality of relevant actors […] involved in a common enterprise" (p.148) including firms and supporting institutions.…”

Strategy emergence in service delivery networks: Network‐oriented human resource management practices at German airports

“…Shared rules of signification and legitimation such as the aim to be a high-quality airport with expertise in all operations of the value chain or an awareness of serving the general public, contribute to understanding the airport as a unified place of work: "It is always [assigned to] the airport" (AP2 HRM1, 2015). Network awareness is also prevalent up to the point of actively strategising the network idea in relation to ground-handling for the purpose of expanding the business internationally, that is, by practicing a "network entry" (Sydow, Windeler, Wirth, & Staber, 2010) in other countries thinking-as in HR-in networks:…”

Framing city networks through temporary projects: (Trans)national film production beyond ‘Global Hollywood’

“…As Morawetz et al (2007) highlight, cross-border work may take place for a variety of reasons. These include creative, technical and market-specific objectives, for example, to take advantage of particular expert skills, to access locally embedded resources, and to tap into existing local inter-organisational networks (Sydow et al, 2010). They also include financial reasons, such as in co-productions where financial resources are pooled; or where there are local or national tax incentives and other financial support for film making, including state subsidies for national filmmakers (see for example Jansen, 2005, on Germany); or to attract film producers from elsewhere (see Christopherson and Rightor, 2010, on the US).…”