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Paper info: Orchestration and relationship and network capabilities: exploring the conceptual distinctions

Title


Orchestration and relationship and network capabilities: exploring the conceptual distinctions

Authors


Woonho Kim and
Chris Medlin
University of Adelaide
Australia
Chris Medlin

Place of Publication


The paper was published at the 34th IMP-conference in Sri Lanka in 2018.

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Abstract


The business literature on orchestration, network and relationship capabilities is diverse, but evident is that the latter two concepts are used in mixed ways. We conduct a search of the literature defining the three concepts. The study shows that researchers define relationship capability clearly, although ontologies vary, whereas network capability has mixed definitions according to a single or multiple firm focus. Network orchestration definitions vary according to the purpose attributed to the collective of firms. We discuss the theoretical issues and suggest directions for theoretical development. A key is to consider the meaning of a business network, because each ontological assumption changes the nature of what is a capability