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Network structures, processes and dynamics: inter-firm cooperative frameworks in the shipping industry
Author/Creator
Boyce, Gordon
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Business School
Description
Shipping has always been a "networked" industry, and its history therefore has much to offer in terms of insights into the structure, processes and dynamics of this organizational form. Maritime historians are well placed to contribute to the further development of network theory and analysis. We have rich empirical data that can support longitudinal investigations aimed at exploring the causes of change as network-based marine enterprises adapted to new environmental conditions. Detailed reports and correspondence among shipowners and their business partners expose the processes of networking and their social/ cultural underpinnings. Corporate records and share registers enable us to explore the structure of maritime networks and their constituent vertical, horizontal and diversified links. Highly developed skills conducting biographical studies, which influenced the writing of many early company histories, provide a platform to examine the social and cultural links that shaped the networks employed by maritime businessmen who represented a group recognized for their considerable upward mobility. Finally, as an international industry, whose members interacted with a variety of government agencies at home and abroad, shipping offers a wonderful opportunity to explore networks in action on the global stage.
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International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Comparative Dimension p. 165-178
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Research in Maritime History 37
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http://www.mun.ca/mhp/rimh-37-Contents.htm
Date
2008
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association
Keyword(s)
maritime industry;  marine enterprises;  networks;  international industry
Resource Type
book chapter
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803532
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ISBN:9780973893472
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