Abstract
![CDATA[Emerging technologies are developed in knowledge networks. But as the complexity of these technologies increases, the need to formulate appropriate organizational network legitimacy strategies becomes a strategic issue. Through market, relational, investment and social legitimacy, subsidiaries of multinationals have been known to capture the knowledge circulating through the network webs of relationships. In China’s emerging and politically sensitive 3G TD-SCDMA mobility technology, this paper examines how Nokia China remains a key player through these legitimacies. The results suggest that organizational network legitimacy increases the firm’s opportunity to participate in this technology because legitimacy facilitates knowledge collection and local interpretation which is valuable in an unpredictable institutional environment.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handling Plurality of Relationship Forms in Networks: from Clans to Clubs, from Cliques to Communities - Theoretical and Managerial Perspectives: Proceedings of the IMP Conference Euromed Management, held in Marseilles, France, 3-5 Sept., 2009 |
Publisher | IMP Group |
Pages | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | IMP Conference Euromed Management - Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → … |
Conference
Conference | IMP Conference Euromed Management |
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Period | 1/01/09 → … |
Keywords
- industrial marketing
- business networks