IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijhrcs/v2y2011i3p171-188.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An examination of a reciprocal relationship between network governance and network structure

Author

Listed:
  • Carsten Bergenholtz
  • Rene Chester Goduscheit

Abstract

In the present article, we examine the network structure and governance of inter-organisational innovation networks over time. Network governance refers to the issue of how to manage and coordinate the relational activities and processes in the network while research on network structure deals with the overall structural relations between the actors in the network. These streams of research do contain references to each other but they mainly rely on a static conception of the relationship between network structure and the applied network governance. Based on a case study of a loosely coupled Danish inter-organisational innovation network, the proposition is that a reciprocal relationship between network governance and network structure can be identified. Such a reciprocal relationship involves theoretical and practical implications for how to govern an inter-organisational network.

Suggested Citation

  • Carsten Bergenholtz & Rene Chester Goduscheit, 2011. "An examination of a reciprocal relationship between network governance and network structure," International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(3), pages 171-188.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrcs:v:2:y:2011:i:3:p:171-188
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=40885
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrcs:v:2:y:2011:i:3:p:171-188. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=403 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.