<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Organizational networking refers to firms‘ behaviours as activities, routines, practices which enable an organization to make sense of and capitalize on their networks of direct and indirect business relationships. The relationships are more important today when the business environment is more competitive. The firms can develop their organizational networking strategies by developing their network capability which refers to its ability to build, handle and exploit relationships. These capabilities are included in a complex configuration with other capabilities and competencies. The aim of this paper is to explore how network capabilities are structured and we tried to understand how they could be improved in order to obtain higher performance. Achieving a good network position that allows firms to make use of business opportunities is a main strategic aim of firms</p></abstract>

Organizational networking refers to firms‘ behaviours as activities, routines, practices which enable an organization to make sense of and capitalize on their networks of direct and indirect business relationships. The relationships are more important today when the business environment is more competitive. The firms can develop their organizational networking strategies by developing their network capability which refers to its ability to build, handle and exploit relationships. These capabilities are included in a complex configuration with other capabilities and competencies. The aim of this paper is to explore how network capabilities are structured and we tried to understand how they could be improved in order to obtain higher performance. Achieving a good network position that allows firms to make use of business opportunities is a main strategic aim of firms

Understanding the Relationship Between Organizational Networking and Network Capability

PhD Candidate West University of Timisoara

Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series

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Organizational networking refers to firms‘ behaviours as activities, routines, practices which enable an organization to make sense of and capitalize on their...

Understanding the Relationship Between Organizational Networking and Network Capability

Data publikacji: 29 lip 2015

Zakres stron: 54 - 62

Otrzymano: 01 kwi 2015

Przyjęty: 01 cze 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sues-2015-0012

Słowa kluczowe
Organizational Networking, Network Capability, Organizational Capabilities, Capability configurations

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Understanding the Relationship Between Organizational Networking and Network Capability

Data publikacji: 29 lip 2015

Zakres stron: 54 - 62

Otrzymano: 01 kwi 2015

Przyjęty: 01 cze 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sues-2015-0012

Słowa kluczoweOrganizational Networking, Network Capability, Organizational Capabilities, Capability configurations

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Organizational Networking, Network Capability, Organizational Capabilities, Capability configurations