Open AccessAlliance Networks: the Case of Multinational Corporations
Author(s) -
Włodzimierz Sroka
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
organizacija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1581-1832
pISSN - 1318-5454
DOI - 10.2478/v10051-010-0016-z
Subject(s) - alliance , multinational corporation , business , keiretsu , industrial organization , work (physics) , marketing , political science , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , finance
The article deals with the problems of cooperation in network organizations. The structure of the text is divided into a couple of parts. Firstly, the increasing importance of alliance networks is described. Secondly, the concept of alliance networks as well as the essence of multinational corporations are presented. Beside theoretical deliberations, two practical cases are presented in the text too. First case relates to the Toyota keiretsu and the second one describes the network organization of the largest steel manufacturer in the world, i.e. ArcelorMittal Group. Last part of the text is the comparative analysis of the multinational corporations network vs. networks of small and medium size companies. The similarities as well as differences between both forms were presented. The article is based on the latest world literature devoted to the cooperative strategies as well as the practical business experience of the author from the work in Arcelor Mittal Poland and polish machine industry.Članek obravnava problematiko sodelovanja v mreženih organizacijah. Besedilo članka je razčlenjeno v dva dela.V prvem delu je prikazan vse večji poomen zavezniških omrežij. V drugem delu je analiziran koncept zavezniških omrežij kot tudi samo bistvo multinacionalnih družb. Poleg teoretičnega premisleka sta prikazana tudi dva praktična primera. Prvi se nanaša na Toyota keiretsu in drugi na ArcelorMittal Group. Zaključni del članka je primerjalna analiza omrežij multinacionalnih korporacijj in omrežij malih in srednjih podjetij. Prikazane so podobnosti kot tudi rezlike med tema dvema organizacijskima oblikama. Članek temelji na najnovejši literaturi s področja korporativne strategije in na praktičnih poslovnih izkušnjah avtorja, ki izhajajo iz njegovega dela pri ArcelorMittal Group Poljska in v poljski strojni industriji