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Advantages and Disadvantages of Enterprise Activity in Network Organisations – Some Aspects
Advantages and Disadvantages of Enterprise Activity in Network Organisations – Some Aspects

Author(s): Anna Skowronek-Mielczarek
Subject(s): National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic development, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: enterprises; network organisations; advantages; threats to functioning;

Summary/Abstract: In her article, the author focused her attention on advantages and disadvantages of cooperation undertaken by enterprises operating within the framework of network organisations in the Polish economy. Establishing cooperation by enterprises may become nowadays one of the bases of formation of their development strategies. In the conditions of high variability of the environment, the growing uncertainty of enterprise activity, there gain in importance the concepts making use of definite relationships and partnership cooperation with other entities. There appear new forms of that cooperation, new organisational structures, inter alia, network organisations. Affiliation to them is connected with achievement by enterprises of definite benefits, while, on the other hand, it may result in occurrence of some threats. The empirical research carried out in 2013 in a group of 363 enterprises belonging to various network organisations conform that really enterprises achieve definite benefits carrying out their activities within the framework of network. And they are decidedly more emphasised than definite threats

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English