The reciprocity and reputation in social networks are considered as important factors to develop mutual trust in interfirm cooperation. Because of new insights gleaned from. the embeddedness approach, many researchers discuss this by giving considerable attention to the special quality of ties and the structural properties of social networks that facilitate the building of interorganizational t...

We apply mobile agents to synchronize workflows of different organizations resulting in an interorganizational workflow. This paper models agent enabled interorganizational workflows using Interorganizational Workflow Nets. This model provides a means to verify the correctness (and, so the viability) of the itineraries of agents used in enacting interorganizational workflows. We also outline an...

Acknowledgments: The author acknowledges valuable and constructive comments received on earlier versions of this manuscript from Professors Abstract The advent of modern technologies for information collection, dissemination and monitoring allows organizations to efficiently transact in interorganizational markets. The success of such relationships as strategic alliances and joint ventures ofte...

Although vulnerability is central to many organizational theories of trust, little systematic research exists that specifically examines the relationship between vulnerability and trust. In this paper, we extend the concept of vulnerability to interfirm exchange relations and theorize its role in influencing interorganizational trust. We argue that existing theory on vulnerability and trust hav...

The present work responds to the need for literature on incidence of interorganizational relations and performance new products in context tourist destinations. Specifically, article analyzes effect market technological dynamism relationship between tourism companies. empirical study is carried out a sample 300 companies located Arequipa-Perú. Research results show that both innovativeness enha...

This paper investigates the comparative role of several factors, including information technology (IT), predicting the level of cooperation between two independent organizations. Drawing upon multiple theoretical perspectives we develop five hypotheses about the impact on interorganizational cooperation of three sets of factors: (1) the characteristics of the environment within which the relati...

The significance of interorganizational relationship is discussed in multiple streams of literature. However, many studies assume that interorganizational relationship is a uni-level construct. This paper suggests that interorganizational guanxi presents at both the individual and collective levels, and discusses how the dynamics of interorganizational guanxi influences knowledge sharing betwee...