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Effective management is crucial to the success of network organizations and can reduce the risk inherently associated with cooperative strategy. This contributed volume addresses the management of network organizations from both theoretical and practical perspectives, as well as an international standpoint in the form of selected cases from various Central European countries. The authors claim that without some type of network management, irrespective of the type of network, it is impossible to effectively compete with other companies and/or networks. As network organizations are representative of a broad range of possible network types, i.e. alliance networks, clusters, outsourcing, and virtual organizations, this book presents various perspectives on the management of network organizations. The book features articles from different scholars who have practical experience in network organizations, written in simple and easy-to-follow language, with a wide application of practical cases. Given its successful combination of theory and practice, together with the nature of the texts presented, the book offers a valuable resource for a broad readership, including scholars, managers and management science students.

In contemporary economy one observes numerous changes in the sphere of functioning of the companies. Under these new circumstances, effective management becomes a matter of a key importance. Given these facts, the mission of this monograph is a complex presentation of the most important topics associated with the management of modern companies. The monograph consists of both theoretical and practical chapters which are written by the scholars from several Central European countries. Its contents is presented in five chapters: Chapter 1: Globalization and its impact on the management of companies in the modern economy Chapter 2: Marketing and financial aspects in management Chapter 3: Inter-organizational cooperation Chapter 4: New trends in production engineering Chapter 5: Practical aspects in management Given a combination of theory and practice, together with the nature of texts presented, the book offers a valuable resource for a broad readership. Therefore, it is designed for a wide group of recipients, including both scholars and managers, as well as students of management science.

Effective management is crucial to the success of the inter-firm cooperation, and may reduce the risk that is inherently associated with these strategies. If cooperative strategy is to be successful, managers must have knowledge of factors that should be taken into consideration during formation and management of alliance networks. Therefore the main goal of this book is an understandable and simple presentation of the complexity involved in the management of alliance networks at three basic stages: formation stage, functioning stage, and post-operational stage. The book consists of six chapters, both theoretical and practical. A new model for management of alliance networks, which utilizes different instruments and tools, has been developed in the work. The last part of the book concentrates on the management of alliance networks in a practice-based framework based on the example of an engineering company which has formed a portfolio of bilateral alliances.