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TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational Inscriptions of Network Pictures
T2 - A Meso-Level Analysis
AU - Oberg, Christina
AU - Henneberg, Stephan
AU - Mouzas, Stefanos
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This paper deals with organizational inscriptions of managerial cognition elaborating on the emerging concept of network pictures. While previous studies on network pictures have concentrated on individual managers’ cognitive views of business networks, this study operates on a focal company level (meso-level) and is concerned with how managerial cognition is manifested in organizational artifacts, which in turn aim to guide business activities. The paper presents a dimensionaltypological model of traces of such inscriptions, which, thereby, becomes a means to capture managers’ interactive sense-making of a company’s network. We identified organizational inscriptions of managerial cognition in the following areas: strategy, organization, systems, processes, and budgets, which in turn influenced the inclusion/exclusion of interaction partners, the interaction mode, and resource allocation.
AB - This paper deals with organizational inscriptions of managerial cognition elaborating on the emerging concept of network pictures. While previous studies on network pictures have concentrated on individual managers’ cognitive views of business networks, this study operates on a focal company level (meso-level) and is concerned with how managerial cognition is manifested in organizational artifacts, which in turn aim to guide business activities. The paper presents a dimensionaltypological model of traces of such inscriptions, which, thereby, becomes a means to capture managers’ interactive sense-making of a company’s network. We identified organizational inscriptions of managerial cognition in the following areas: strategy, organization, systems, processes, and budgets, which in turn influenced the inclusion/exclusion of interaction partners, the interaction mode, and resource allocation.
KW - Managerial cognitions
KW - Network pictures
KW - Organization
KW - Inscription
KW - Merger and acquisition
U2 - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.07.002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 1270
EP - 1283
JO - Industrial Marketing Management
JF - Industrial Marketing Management
SN - 0019-8501
IS - 6
ER -