Potential of critical e-applications for engaging SMEs in e-business: a provider perspective
European Journal of Information Systems
Redefining task interdependence in the context of supply networks
Proceedings of the 13th Eurpoean conference on Cognitive ergonomics: trust and control in complex socio-technical systems
International Journal of Information Technology and Management
Elucidating strategic network dynamics through computational modeling
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Information Resources Management Journal
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Interfirm networks in general and strategic networks in particular are considered as an organizational form with distinct structural properties. Due to a lack of adequate theory, the working of network processes as well as the resulting network effectiveness is not very well understood. Structuration theory, developed by Anthony Giddens as a social theory, offers the potential not only to analyze network processes without neglecting structures but also to understand why many rather than few designs seem to be effective. As conceived here, this potential results, above all, from two interrelated theorems of structuration theory: the duality of structure and the recursiveness of social praxis. It will be concluded that these the orems offer valuable insights into organizing networks, especially into how structures of signification, domination, and legitimation shape network processes and how they are reproduced under the auspices of network effectiveness.