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Developing strategic supplier networks: An institutional perspective

Deligonul, Seyda ; Elg, Ulf LU ; Cavusgil, Erin and Ghauri, Pervez N. (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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Socialization, Global strategy, Supplier relationships, Supplier, network, Institutional theory, IKEA
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Journal of Business Research
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66
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4
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506 - 515
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Elsevier
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0148-2963
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10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.003
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English
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  author       = {Deligonul, Seyda and Elg, Ulf and Cavusgil, Erin and Ghauri, Pervez N.},
  issn         = {0148-2963},
  language     = {eng},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {506--515},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  series       = {Journal of Business Research},
  title        = {Developing strategic supplier networks: An institutional perspective},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.003},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.12.003},
  volume       = {66},
  year         = {2013},
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