Managing Dynamics in Corporate Networks

Mike Danilovic, Mats Winroth

Centre of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning Research, School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.
Division of Operations Management, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

DOI: 10.4236/wjet.2014.21004                

Abstract

A crucial issue in collaborating in manufacturing corporate networks between different companies is to identify to what extent different strategic and operational decisions need to be coordinated between the involved companies. In this paper, we elaborate on the issue of synchronization and coordination of information flow based on interconnectivities between companies in order to coordinate a corporate network by the means of DSM, Dependence Structure Matrix. The results show that DSM can be used to identify interconnectivities, dependencies on information flow among actors in a network and to identify which information needs to be shared between companies in the network.

Keywords

Corporate Network; Supplier Collaboration; Design Structure Matrix

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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