Developing strategic supplier networks: An institutional perspective
(2013) In Journal of Business Research 66(4). p.506-515- Abstract
- This study examines the exposure of the members of supplier networks to two layers of social influences. First, as the network connects an actor to a foreign constellation, the actor faces influences of a global character. Second, each individual actor experiences different forces emanating from its indigenous institutional environment. The exposure to two institutional practices presents a conundrum for each network member. In this duality they alter their behavior in order to resolve the contrast and clashes of layered forces. By drawing upon institutional theory and in-depth study of a global retailer, IKEA, this study shows how the retailer handles this duality. The study increases understanding of how a supplier network can be... (More)
- This study examines the exposure of the members of supplier networks to two layers of social influences. First, as the network connects an actor to a foreign constellation, the actor faces influences of a global character. Second, each individual actor experiences different forces emanating from its indigenous institutional environment. The exposure to two institutional practices presents a conundrum for each network member. In this duality they alter their behavior in order to resolve the contrast and clashes of layered forces. By drawing upon institutional theory and in-depth study of a global retailer, IKEA, this study shows how the retailer handles this duality. The study increases understanding of how a supplier network can be socially transformed into an idiosyncratic asset which is costly to imitate for rivals and thus offers a unique competitive advantage to the firm. The framing which is used for IKEA's strategy under institutional theory in this article underscores the regulative, cognitive, and normative socialization as part of a company's strategic process to align relationships with its partners. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (Less)
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- Deligonul, Seyda; Elg, Ulf LU ; Cavusgil, Erin and Ghauri, Pervez N.
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- publishing date
- 2013
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Socialization, Global strategy, Supplier relationships, Supplier, network, Institutional theory, IKEA
- in
- Journal of Business Research
- volume
- 66
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 506 - 515
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000316428600006
- scopus:84874300698
- ISSN
- 0148-2963
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.003
- language
- English
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- yes
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- b7790805-b86b-421d-89b8-bec27962e4df (old id 3749662)
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keyword = {Socialization,Global strategy,Supplier relationships,Supplier,network,Institutional theory,IKEA},
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title = {Developing strategic supplier networks: An institutional perspective},
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volume = {66},
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