Hi Alfredo,
Like you have an interesting analogy of a fish-bone, there is another analogy of a 'networked' organization that seems to come close to your description.
I wonder what relationship is shared by the 'spine' and the 'bones' -- do they retain their identities? Do they entertain other clients/projects? Do the 'bones' have 'sub-bones'? In some ways, the 'network' metaphor removes the 'serial' or 'one way' nature of interactions and adds mutuality to their relationships and relative power.
Check a few diagrams on Google Images:
Also, if these collaborators are not together formally into one organization, then they are also a virtual organization connected in a network, which also suggests that there is a 'nucleus' and then there are particles surrounding it. The binding force would be common (though perhaps short-lived) interests and trust. Fred Luthans describes these organizations quite well in his text Organizational Behavior.
For starters, you might like to see this paper by Manju Ahuja and K. Carley here:
I hope it helps.
Best,
margie
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This is my first incursion into a field I know so little about that I must beg your pardon for my fuzziness.
I need info on literature to get me started on figuring out what is the name of the structure like that of automotive companies and others who rely on a constellation of associated but independent companies which produce car parts according to design and suitability. The associate companies need not be close, as we have learned from the expansion of international outsourcing
Operation system developers like Microsoft, Google and Apple must hold close links to application developers as well as chip manufacturers to ensure that tehre will be demand for their, say, smartphones.
It is as if we had some sort of fishbone design with organizations like GM, Apple and others at the head, followed by an arrange of spines representing the inputs of associated companieas which are aligned with the overarching purpose of helping GM. Apple and others to sell, so as to insure their own growth.
Alternative structures? Name of the field? Seminal articles to start with?
Many thanks
Alfredo
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Hi Alfredo,
In marketing we call them Vertical Marketing Systems. There are generally three types: corporate, contractual, or administered. See http://smallbusiness.chron.com/three-types-vertical-marketing-systems-64258.html
Best
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This is my first incursion into a field I know so little about that I must beg your pardon for my fuzziness.
I need info on literature to get me started on figuring out what is the name of the structure like that of automotive companies and others who rely on a constellation of associated but independent companies which produce car parts according to design and suitability. The associate companies need not be close, as we have learned from the expansion of international outsourcing
Operation system developers like Microsoft, Google and Apple must hold close links to application developers as well as chip manufacturers to ensure that tehre will be demand for their, say, smartphones.
It is as if we had some sort of fishbone design with organizations like GM, Apple and others at the head, followed by an arrange of spines representing the inputs of associated companieas which are aligned with the overarching purpose of helping GM. Apple and others to sell, so as to insure their own growth.
Alternative structures? Name of the field? Seminal articles to start with?
Many thanks
Alfredo
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Some terms used are: Suppliers. Supplier network. Supply Chain. Supplier systems. Vendor network. Alliances. Logistics.
Partners (even when they are not legally partners). More narrowly for internal use: Captive suppliers and Independent suppliers.
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This is my first incursion into a field I know so little about that I must beg your pardon for my fuzziness.
I need info on literature to get me started on figuring out what is the name of the structure like that of automotive companies and others who rely on a constellation of associated but independent companies which produce car parts according to design and suitability. The associate companies need not be close, as we have learned from the expansion of international outsourcing
Operation system developers like Microsoft, Google and Apple must hold close links to application developers as well as chip manufacturers to ensure that tehre will be demand for their, say, smartphones.
It is as if we had some sort of fishbone design with organizations like GM, Apple and others at the head, followed by an arrange of spines representing the inputs of associated companieas which are aligned with the overarching purpose of helping GM. Apple and others to sell, so as to insure their own growth.
Alternative structures? Name of the field? Seminal articles to start with?
Many thanks
Alfredo
Land line +551138280554
mobile: +5511991339779