Strategic interdependence in networks: a governance perspective
Résumé
In the agricultural and food sectors, many networks are built through interorganizational strategies. To analyze the strategic interdependence in networks, the concept of 'governance' is proposed. This concept is a way to link the structural characteristics of networks with their strategic content. To do so, the suggestion is to consider network governance as an institutional combination of an authority structure and of interelationship mechanisms. The role of governance will be to maximize joint value and minimize organization costs. Such a perspective helps in the understanding of the very nature of networks, which can be seen as an optimization of a strategy/structure interplay. Here the relevance of this analysis is illustrated through an empirical comparison of two existing agrifood networks.
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