Authors: Lars Huemer; Manuel Becerra; Randi Lunnan
The objective of this paper is to discuss the notion of identity and identification on anetwork level of analysis. The paper distinguishes between organisational and networklevels of identity and suggests that managers face different challenges depending onhow they perceive their networks. Managers in networks with an identifiable hub orcenter may find it feasible to create an explicit network identity. Contrary to networkswhere neither pre-existing firms act as network hubs, nor where new administrativeentities are established, the industrial network approach portrays networks withoutclear boundaries and commonly without hubs. Under such circumstances, the task is toincrease one’s own and others network awareness by considering boundaries andthereby facilitating network identification. We describe this task as one of creating andperceiving ‘imaginary network boundaries’.
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Publish Year: 2002
Conference: Perth, Australia (2002)