Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: van Wijk, R.A.J.L.
Author-Name-Last: van Wijk
Author-Name-First: Raymond
Author-Name: van den Bosch, F.A.J.
Author-Name-Last: van den Bosch
Author-Name-First: Frans
Author-Person: pbo133
Title: Creating the N-Form Corporation as a Managerial Competence
Abstract: This paper discusses key properties of the N-form corporation or internal network forms of organizing from three mutually related perspectives: structure, knowledge flows and management processes. To operationalize knowledge flows, a key property of N-forms, the paper suggests a new measure, the H/V ratio, to empirically assess the configuration of knowledge flows. The argument is illustrated by a case study of a firm showing that top management's perception about having an internal network contradicts with reality as vertical knowledge flows appear to dominate the horizontal ones. The managerial competence required for creating internal networks aimed at knowledge creation and sharing will be discussed.
Creation-Date: 2000-06-26
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/32/erimrs20000626142506.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2000-24-STR
Classification-JEL: L20, M, M19
Keywords: N-form Corporation, Organizational forms, internal networks, knowledge flows, managerial competence
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:32