{"title":"Health care, chains and networks","authors":"T. Camps, P. Kenis","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"33 5","pages":"87-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72568201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca van der Pennen, H. Berden, E.C.A. Castelijns, W. L. Vreeman, T. Camps
In this article we have characterised Dutch hospitals as organizational networks. They operate in a blurred context, which is the interference of principles from market and hierarchy. Based on these principles we questioned the optimal way governance can be organised. The context for governance is explained along two pathways: First, specific issues of the Dutch healthcare system and current trends in society force hospitals to react and respond in a certain way. Second, the typical organisational position of physicians in Dutch healthcare makes governance a challenge. In this context one can look at governance twofold: control or learn. We argue that each type of risk should be countered with the best applicable instrument. This means, that control or learn never can be the only convenient governance instrument. The board's choice for the proper action therefore is always ambivalent. However, the profound role of control and the neglected role of learning principles is obvious. Notwithstanding the effect...
{"title":"Governance in Dutch hospitals","authors":"Rebecca van der Pennen, H. Berden, E.C.A. Castelijns, W. L. Vreeman, T. Camps","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X115","url":null,"abstract":"In this article we have characterised Dutch hospitals as organizational networks. They operate in a blurred context, which is the interference of principles from market and hierarchy. Based on these principles we questioned the optimal way governance can be organised. The context for governance is explained along two pathways: First, specific issues of the Dutch healthcare system and current trends in society force hospitals to react and respond in a certain way. Second, the typical organisational position of physicians in Dutch healthcare makes governance a challenge. In this context one can look at governance twofold: control or learn. We argue that each type of risk should be countered with the best applicable instrument. This means, that control or learn never can be the only convenient governance instrument. The board's choice for the proper action therefore is always ambivalent. However, the profound role of control and the neglected role of learning principles is obvious. Notwithstanding the effect...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"121-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90704061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article discusses mental health care reforms in Belgium from an interorganisational perspective. In 2007 a three year experiential government programme was launched seeking for alternative organisation models in mental health care, labeled as 'care circuits' and 'networks'. The target population is 'persons with chronic and complex mental disorders'. This article reports some of the observations based of an ongoing evaluation process. The research evaluates the plan and implementation processes of these collaboration and networking models (the TP). The qualitative approach aims at developing, testing and refining insights in the dynamics of developing collaboration and networks by exploring the complex and dynamic interaction among context, mechanism, and outcome. The article uses insights form health care innovation literature, interorganisational network theories and literature on organisational fields. Health care innovations take place in a complex multi-agent environment. The implementation (ado...
{"title":"Innovations and networks: the case of mental health care reforms in Belgium","authors":"M. Leys","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X116","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses mental health care reforms in Belgium from an interorganisational perspective. In 2007 a three year experiential government programme was launched seeking for alternative organisation models in mental health care, labeled as 'care circuits' and 'networks'. The target population is 'persons with chronic and complex mental disorders'. This article reports some of the observations based of an ongoing evaluation process. The research evaluates the plan and implementation processes of these collaboration and networking models (the TP). The qualitative approach aims at developing, testing and refining insights in the dynamics of developing collaboration and networks by exploring the complex and dynamic interaction among context, mechanism, and outcome. The article uses insights form health care innovation literature, interorganisational network theories and literature on organisational fields. Health care innovations take place in a complex multi-agent environment. The implementation (ado...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"22 1","pages":"135-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84077971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Following a first euphoric phase about the advantages of commercial networks, there is now a host of reports attesting to their confusing over-complexity. Network failures are manifold: overwhelming environment information, coordination blockades, severe interface problems, permanent decision conflicts, a-symmetric power relations, opportunistic behaviour of nodes and centre, as well as negative externalities of net activities. In order to overcome network failure this article pursues an institutional analysis of networks: Where can the 'opportunity structure' be found, the social potential for an increasingly non-hierarchical coordination within the net? Is there a 'conceptual readiness' of the law which would enable it to set this potential free? The article suggests to develop organisational forms and responsibility rules for the law of networks that will hold on to the advantages of the decentralised organisation of nodes while decisively strengthening their mutual coordination. This will drastically ...
{"title":"'And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, …': an essay on the diabolics of network failure","authors":"G. Teubner","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X113","url":null,"abstract":"Following a first euphoric phase about the advantages of commercial networks, there is now a host of reports attesting to their confusing over-complexity. Network failures are manifold: overwhelming environment information, coordination blockades, severe interface problems, permanent decision conflicts, a-symmetric power relations, opportunistic behaviour of nodes and centre, as well as negative externalities of net activities. In order to overcome network failure this article pursues an institutional analysis of networks: Where can the 'opportunity structure' be found, the social potential for an increasingly non-hierarchical coordination within the net? Is there a 'conceptual readiness' of the law which would enable it to set this potential free? The article suggests to develop organisational forms and responsibility rules for the law of networks that will hold on to the advantages of the decentralised organisation of nodes while decisively strengthening their mutual coordination. This will drastically ...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"101-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90623472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Coronado, J. Bijman, Onno S. W. F. Omta, A. Lansink
Inter-organisational relations research has shown that relationship characteristics can influence performance in seller-buyer transactions. Using a transaction cost economics approach, this research shows that relational elements such as expectation of continuity reduce the transaction risks related to behavioural uncertainty or asset specificity. However, transaction costs are not only caused by transaction risks but also by the need to coordinate the individual activities of the buyer and the seller. Inter-organisational coordination is important in transactions with perishable products and products with credence attributes, such as in fresh produce supply chains. To study the impact of different relationship characteristics on the efficiency of transactions in a fresh produce supply chain, we collected and analyzed data from 122 avocado producers in Mexico. We found that information exchange and producer expectation of continuity of the relationship positively affect performance in the seller-buyer tra...
{"title":"Relationship characteristics and performance in fresh produce supply chains: the case of the Mexican avocado industry","authors":"J. Coronado, J. Bijman, Onno S. W. F. Omta, A. Lansink","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X101","url":null,"abstract":"Inter-organisational relations research has shown that relationship characteristics can influence performance in seller-buyer transactions. Using a transaction cost economics approach, this research shows that relational elements such as expectation of continuity reduce the transaction risks related to behavioural uncertainty or asset specificity. However, transaction costs are not only caused by transaction risks but also by the need to coordinate the individual activities of the buyer and the seller. Inter-organisational coordination is important in transactions with perishable products and products with credence attributes, such as in fresh produce supply chains. To study the impact of different relationship characteristics on the efficiency of transactions in a fresh produce supply chain, we collected and analyzed data from 122 avocado producers in Mexico. We found that information exchange and producer expectation of continuity of the relationship positively affect performance in the seller-buyer tra...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"44 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87132679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to cope with the volatility of agricultural markets. This aim is achieved by means of presenting the empirical results of an online survey that was undertaken between April and August 2009 with the participation of 140 German agribusiness firms. The majority of respondents expect increasing volatilities and higher prices for agricultural produce. For managing this uncertainty, comparatively simple instruments such as long-term contracts with suppliers or customers are most widely used. But more elaborated instruments to hedge price risks will probably affect the food chain as a whole and will lead to food chain adaptations to volatile markets.
{"title":"Strategies for coping with uncertainty: the adaptation of food chains to volatile markets.","authors":"M. Heyder, L. Theuvsen, Z. V. Davier","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X102","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to cope with the volatility of agricultural markets. This aim is achieved by means of presenting the empirical results of an online survey that was undertaken between April and August 2009 with the participation of 140 German agribusiness firms. The majority of respondents expect increasing volatilities and higher prices for agricultural produce. For managing this uncertainty, comparatively simple instruments such as long-term contracts with suppliers or customers are most widely used. But more elaborated instruments to hedge price risks will probably affect the food chain as a whole and will lead to food chain adaptations to volatile markets.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"1 2","pages":"17-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72624490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this article is to clarify the relation between the power structure of a supply chain and the possibilities to realize supply chain innovations. In an in-depth case study of the faltering start of an innovation trajectory in the Dutch wheat supply chain, we show that supply chain innovations should be in line with the interests of the powerful actors in the chain. The direct interests of the actors in the innovation are naturally relevant, but the less visible, indirect effects of the innovation on the power structure of the chain are also especially important. We show that if a chain innovation is expected to decrease the value of a resource on which the current power position of an actor in the chain is based, this actor is likely to resist it. Furthermore, an actor that derives power from the flexibility to choose among suppliers is likely to resist an innovation that requires collaboration and increased mutual commitment. This article also proposes strategies to overcome the resistance of powerful actors to such innovations.
{"title":"The influence of power in supply chain innovation: a case study of the Dutch wheat chain","authors":"H. Pol, K. Visscher","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X106","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to clarify the relation between the power structure of a supply chain and the possibilities to realize supply chain innovations. In an in-depth case study of the faltering start of an innovation trajectory in the Dutch wheat supply chain, we show that supply chain innovations should be in line with the interests of the powerful actors in the chain. The direct interests of the actors in the innovation are naturally relevant, but the less visible, indirect effects of the innovation on the power structure of the chain are also especially important. We show that if a chain innovation is expected to decrease the value of a resource on which the current power position of an actor in the chain is based, this actor is likely to resist it. Furthermore, an actor that derives power from the flexibility to choose among suppliers is likely to resist an innovation that requires collaboration and increased mutual commitment. This article also proposes strategies to overcome the resistance of powerful actors to such innovations.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"34 1","pages":"77-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87330152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Differences in transaction costs (i.e. costs of information processing, monitoring and control) between firms in local supply chains as well as in an international setting may have a negative impact on competitiveness and on creation of value added. Transaction cost disequilibrium is defined as a state in which transaction costs exceed the transaction benefits from the exchange of assets. The goal of this article is to assess whether such a disequilibrium exists for European food supply chains; if so, what its effects are and how it can be reduced. Transaction cost disequilibrium will be investigated at two levels: international competition and within local supply chains. The first focuses on the competitiveness of supply chains in global markets, the second especially regards the competitive position of companies within a single supply chain. To address our research question, we gathered empirical data by means of survey questionnaires and interviews in 2007 and 2008. The results show that internationall...
{"title":"Managerial responses to transaction cost disequilibrium in food supply chains and networks","authors":"H. Bremmers, B. Meulen, K. Poppe, J. Wijnands","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X104","url":null,"abstract":"Differences in transaction costs (i.e. costs of information processing, monitoring and control) between firms in local supply chains as well as in an international setting may have a negative impact on competitiveness and on creation of value added. Transaction cost disequilibrium is defined as a state in which transaction costs exceed the transaction benefits from the exchange of assets. The goal of this article is to assess whether such a disequilibrium exists for European food supply chains; if so, what its effects are and how it can be reduced. Transaction cost disequilibrium will be investigated at two levels: international competition and within local supply chains. The first focuses on the competitiveness of supply chains in global markets, the second especially regards the competitive position of companies within a single supply chain. To address our research question, we gathered empirical data by means of survey questionnaires and interviews in 2007 and 2008. The results show that internationall...","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"93 1","pages":"51-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84194309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of the paper is to measure perceived performance of bilateral relationships in the chain. Therefore, quantitative data were collected from 270 chain members from 3 EU countries in 6 traditional food product categories. First, perceived performance of bilateral relationships was analysed which revealed a generally high perceived contribution of each chain member to its partners' performance. Second, cluster analysis was conducted resulting in 4 clusters: 1) Low performing chains; 2) Low perceived food manufacturer's (FM) performance by supplier (S) and customer (C); 3) High perceived FM performance by S and C; 4) High performing chains. Third, binary logistic regression was used to identify 7 relationship constructs that significantly predict cluster membership: trust, economic satisfaction, social satisfaction, dependency, coercive power, reputation, conflict and integration.
{"title":"Chain member perception of chain performance: the role of relationship quality","authors":"A. Molnar, X. Gellynck, R. Weaver","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X103","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the paper is to measure perceived performance of bilateral relationships in the chain. Therefore, quantitative data were collected from 270 chain members from 3 EU countries in 6 traditional food product categories. First, perceived performance of bilateral relationships was analysed which revealed a generally high perceived contribution of each chain member to its partners' performance. Second, cluster analysis was conducted resulting in 4 clusters: 1) Low performing chains; 2) Low perceived food manufacturer's (FM) performance by supplier (S) and customer (C); 3) High perceived FM performance by S and C; 4) High performing chains. Third, binary logistic regression was used to identify 7 relationship constructs that significantly predict cluster membership: trust, economic satisfaction, social satisfaction, dependency, coercive power, reputation, conflict and integration.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"72 1","pages":"27-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89423218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper states that external orientation of Dutch hospitals consist of an institutional orientation and a market orientation. The paper describes how we developed an instrument to measure the external orientation of hospitals. The results are based on a cross-sectional survey. Not only the level of external orientation, market orientation and institutional orientation are described. Also the relationship between assumed influencing factors on market orientation is analysed, as well as the assumed influence of market orientation on some performance indicators of hospitals.
{"title":"Market orientation of Dutch hospitals","authors":"Anne-Marie Laeven","doi":"10.3920/JCNS2010.X112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3920/JCNS2010.X112","url":null,"abstract":"This paper states that external orientation of Dutch hospitals consist of an institutional orientation and a market orientation. The paper describes how we developed an instrument to measure the external orientation of hospitals. The results are based on a cross-sectional survey. Not only the level of external orientation, market orientation and institutional orientation are described. Also the relationship between assumed influencing factors on market orientation is analysed, as well as the assumed influence of market orientation on some performance indicators of hospitals.","PeriodicalId":17677,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Chain and Network Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"89-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81875077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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