Strategic Networks Creating
the borderless organization
J Carlos Jarillo
Professor of Strategy, University of Geneva
- Examines
the new style of industrial co-ordination
- Based
on extensive research by the author
Strategic Networks examines
the new style of industrial co-ordination which enables independent companies to work so
closely together that they can sometimes present a 'single face' to the outside world.
Co-ordination is not achieved
by mergers and acquisitions, but through the creation of a 'strategic network' of
companies working towards the same goals. Based on the author's extensive research, the
book first analyses the economic arguments for
industry co-ordination, and suggests in which industries it is most likely to occur. The
second part of the book focuses on managerial implications for this type of organization
impact on responsibilties control without ownership co-operation
instead of competition how to set up alliances and how to maintain them A wide range of
international examples and cases are featured in the book. J. Carlos Jarillo is Professor
of Strategy at the University of Geneva (previously Professor of General
Management and International Strategy at IMD, Switzerland). His research on strategy has
been widely published in more than two dozen articles and books. He also acts as senior
adviser to a large number of international corporations.
Contents
Preface; Competition and
cooperation - A new way to compete; Understanding the playing field: the business system;
The three ways to organize a business system - The old system: organization through
vertical integration; The fashionable mistake: oversubcontracting; The emerging solution:
the strategic network; How to set up and manage a strategic network - The essence of a
strategic network; International considerations; General conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Readership: Students on short
executive courses, MBA and other postgraduate and post-experience management courses.
Managers/directors interested in new developments in strategic management
178 pages