Dynamics of Network Relations: How Organizations Exploit Inter-organizational Networks to Gain Set Benefits

Abstract:

The main scientific purpose of the paper is to identify the way organizations exploit network relations’ features in order to gain set benefits, from the dynamic perspective of achieving another levels of network collaboration maturity. The research shows that as a part of a network organizations gain various types of benefit and its character evolves as the collaboration achieves another levels of maturity. At the same time, along with the evolution of the reasons for developing network collaboration, organizations exploit different features of network relations, in order to maximize benefit. The identified template serves as a tool for practitioners and allows more conscious planning and developing the interactions with business partners.