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| Tekijä: | MacKenzie, R. |
| Otsikko: | From networks to hierarchies: The construction of a subcontracting regime in the Irish telecommunications industry |
| Lehti: | Organization Studies
2008 : VOL. 29:6, p. 867-886 |
| Asiasana: | hierarchical organizations networks organizational behaviour subcontracts telecommunications industry transaction costs trust |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Recently the inter-organizational relations have raised more interest due to the increase in subcontracting. The development of subcontracting within Eircom, the Irish telecommunications provider, is investigated in this paper from its origins in the mid-1990s to the development of a sophisticated contracting regime by 2003. The subcontracting regime has changed from a series of decentralized local networks of suppliers to a highly centralized arrangement. Links between internal and external organizational changes related to the subcontracting regime and the development of inter-organizational relationships are considered together with transactions costs. An incremental learning process, as the company adapts to the changes, and the importance of trust in subcontract relationships are identified. |
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