Jörg Sydow

Freie Universität Berlin

Professor of Management

School of Business & Economics

Boltzmannstrasse 20

D-14195 Berlin

Germany

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1.

How Inter-Organizational Networks Can Become Path-Dependent: Bargaining in the Photonics Industry

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 66, 2014
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2013
Markus Burger and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB) and Freie Universität Berlin
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inter-organizational networks, path dependence, photonics industry, practice theory, empirical, qualitative

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Path Constitution Analysis: A Methodology for Understanding Path Dependence and Path Creation

BuR Business Research Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.155-176, November 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2012
Jörg Sydow, Arnold Windeler, Gordon Müller-Seitz and Knut Lange
Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Free University of Berlin and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
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multilevel approach, path constitution analysis, path creation, path dependence, process data, qualitative methodology

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A Silent Cry for Leadership: Organizing for Leading (in) Clusters

Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 328-343, 2011
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow, Frank Lerch, Chris Huxham and Paul Hibbert
Freie Universität Berlin, University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School and University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School
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Shared and Distributed Leadership, Critical Perspectives on Leadership, Agency, Strategic Leadership

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Umgang mit Unsicherheit in globalen Produktionsnetzwerken und Zulieferketten (Dealing with Uncertainty in Global Production and Supply Networks)

Arbeitspapier 258 der Hans Böckler Stiftung
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Dec 2012
Gordon Müller-Seitz and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
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risk, uncertainty, global production networks, global value chains, disruptive events

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Organizing for Fluidity? Dilemmas of New Organizational Forms

Organization Science, Vol. 21, pp. 1251-1262, 2010
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow and Georg Schreyoegg
Freie Universität Berlin and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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fluidity, boundary, identity, flexibility, paradox, path dependence, ambidexterity

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How History Matters in Organizations: The Case of Path Dependence

Management & Organizational History, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 81-100, 2011
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow, Georg Schreyoegg and Philip Holtmann
Freie Universität Berlin, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Business history, case study, complementarity, media industry, organization theory, path dependence, process theory

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Platforming for Path-Breaking? The Case of Regional Electromobility Initiatives in Germany

Knowledge and Space, Vol. 11, Johannes Glückler, ed, Springer, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2014
Jörg Sydow and Friedemann Koll
Freie Universität Berlin and Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Department of Business and Economics
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Automobile industry, field configuring events, knowledge, network, path dependence, platforming, regional cluster

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Trust Trap? Self-Reinforcing Processes in the Constitution of Inter-Organizational Trust

Sasaki, M. (Ed., 2018) Trust in Contemporary Society. Leiden: Brill.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2018
Guido Möllering and Jörg Sydow
Witten/Herdecke University and Freie Universität Berlin
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trust, network, organization, management, path dependence

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Globalising Labour Relations: On Track with Framework Agreements?

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Jul 2013
Michael Fichter, Jörg Sydow, Markus Helfen, Lilian Arruda, Ozge Agtas, Indira Gartenberg, Jamie McCallum, Kadire Sayim and Dimitris Stevis
Free University of Berlin (FUB), Freie Universität Berlin, University of Innsbruck, Independent, Independent, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Middlebury College, Bilkent University - Faculty of Business Administration and Colorado State University, Fort Collins
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global production networks, global framework agreement, global union, labor standards, transnational corporation

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Network Citizenship Behavior: Toward a Behavioral Perspective on Multi-Organizational Networks

Forthcoming in: Das, T.K. (Ed.): Culture and Behavioral Strategy. Research in Behavioral Strategy Series, ed. by T.K. Das. Charlotte, NC: IAP, 2017
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Feb 2018
Keith Provan, Jörg Sydow and Nathan Podsakoff
University of Arizona - School of Public Administration and Policy, Freie Universität Berlin and University of Arizona
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whole networks, organizational citizenship behavior, network governance, structural holes, goal congruity, organizational culture, network position

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How Can Employment Relations in Global Value Networks Be Managed Towards Social Responsibility?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Mar 2018
Markus Helfen, Elke Schüßler and Jörg Sydow
University of Innsbruck, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Freie Universität Berlin
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employment relations, labour standards, global value networks, corporate social

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Temporary Organizing – The End of Organizations as We Know Them?

Rutgers Business Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2017
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
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organization structure, temporary organizations

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Terminating Institutionalized Termination – Why Sematech Became More than a Temporary System

ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, Vol. 28, Gino Cattani, Simone Ferriani, Lars Frederiksen, Florian Täube, eds., London Press, 2011
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Gordon Müller-Seitz and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
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temporary dimension, project, institutionalized termination, organizational metamorphosis, path dependence

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Network Ethnography: A Mixed-Method Approach for the Study of Practices in Interorganizational Settings

Forthcoming, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 19 (2016)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Apr 2016
Olivier Berthod, Michael Grothe‐Hammer and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB), Free University of Berlin (FUB) and Freie Universität Berlin
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Mixed methods, network ethnography, interorganizational network, practice turn

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Organizing Networks for Path Creation and Extension in Semiconductor Manufacturing Technologies

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 May 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Jörg Sydow, Arnold Windeler, Cornelius Schubert and Guido Möllering
Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), University of Siegen and Witten/Herdecke University
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agency, innovation, path dependency, path creation, inter-organizational networks, organizational field, structuration theory, technology development

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Developing Photonics Clusters - Commonalilties, Contrasts and Contradictions

AIM Research White Paper Series
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Mar 2009
Jörg Sydow and Frank Lerch
Freie Universität Berlin and University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Department of Economics
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cluster, network, optics, photonics, innovation

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Towards a Spatial Turn in Organization Science? – A Long Wait

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 May 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
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network, research, region, organization science, space

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Project Networks: Choice of Governance and Paradoxical Tensions

Project Management Journal, October/November 2016
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Sep 2016
Robert J. DeFillippi and Jörg Sydow
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Freie Universität Berlin
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project; organization; management; network

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Practicing Uncertainty in R&D Networks – Explorative Evidence from a Semiconductor Industry Network

Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, Best Paper Proceedings
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Gordon Müller-Seitz and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
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practice, stretching, interorganizational network, uncertainty, semiconductor industry, CMOS

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Path-Creating Networks in the Field of Next Generation Lithography: Outline of a Research Project

Technology Studies Working Papers TUTS-WP-2-2004
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 May 2010
Jörg Sydow, Arnold Windeler and Guido Möllering
Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and Witten/Herdecke University
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Network, Technological Path, Creation, Lithography, Innovation

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Employment Relations in Global Production Networks: Initiating Transfer of Practices Via Union Involvement

Human Relations, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 599-624, 2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow, Markus Helfen and Michael Fichter
Freie Universität Berlin, University of Innsbruck and Free University of Berlin (FUB)
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international human resource management, international labour relations, inter-organizational networks, trade unions, relational control, organizational stickiness

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Projects as Temporary Organizations: An Agenda for Further Theorizing the Interorganizational Dimension

Forthcoming in International Journal of Project Management 36
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Feb 2018
Jörg Sydow and Timo Braun
Freie Universität Berlin and Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management
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project, temporary organizing, interorganizational relations, management

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Interorganizational Routines: Imprinting and Coordinating R&D Practices in International Alliances

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Dec 2014
Anja Mante and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB) and Freie Universität Berlin
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imprinting, path dependence, routine, practice, organization, strategic alliance, international joint venture

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Dancing in Chains: Creative Practices in/of Organizations

Forthcoming in Organization Studies 39
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Feb 2018
Günther Ortmann and Jörg Sydow
Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg and Freie Universität Berlin
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Creativity, Innovation, Social Theory, Philosophy, Organizational Processes and Practices

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Reviewing the Evaluation Perspective: On Criteria, Occasions, Procedures, and Practices

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 May 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow and H. Brinton Milward
Freie Universität Berlin and University of Arizona - School of Public Administration and Policy
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network, evaluation, selection, regulation, allocation

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Binding Customers to Project Networks – The Case of Content Production for Television

Proceedings of the 7th Research Conference on Relationship Marketing and Customer Relationship Management.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 May 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2011
Jörg Sydow and Stephan Manning
Freie Universität Berlin and University of Sussex Business School
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Network, Television, Customer, Relationship, Marketing

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Temporary Organizing: Promises, Processes, Problems

Organization Studies, 37(12), 1703-1719 (2016), Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-40
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 May 2018
Rene Bakker, Robert J. DeFillippi, Andreas Schwab and Jörg Sydow
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Iowa State University - Management Department and Freie Universität Berlin
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Barriers to Process Learning: Authority and Anomie in Regional Clusters

Management Learning, 41:4 453-471, 2010, Humanistic Management Network, Research Paper Series No. 2459139
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014
Paul Hibbert, Chris Huxham, Jörg Sydow and Frank Lerch
University of St Andrews, University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School, Freie Universität Berlin and Independent
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learning, knowledge, anomie, authority

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Managing Coopetition in Supplier Networks – A Paradox Perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management 54 (2018)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Miriam Wilhelm and Jörg Sydow
University of Groningen and Freie Universität Berlin
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Supplier Management, Partnering (Alliances), General Management Issues, Case Study

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When Many Davids Collaborate with One Goliath: How Inter-Organizational Networks (Fail to) Manage Size Differentials

British Journal of Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jun 2018
Johann Fortwengel and Jörg Sydow
King’s College London – King’s Business School and Freie Universität Berlin
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Organizational Size, Inter-Organizational Networks and Multi-Partner Alliances, Coordination, Network Dynamics, Failure

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Creativity in/of Organizations for Managing Things to Come – Lessons to Be Learnt from Philosophy

Krämer, H. & Wenzel, M. (Eds.): Organizing (for) the Future. How Organizations Manage Things to Come. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Günther Ortmann and Jörg Sydow
Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg and Freie Universität Berlin
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Open Innovation at the Interorganizational Network Level: Stretching Practices to Face Technological Discontinuities in the Semiconductor Industry

Technological Forcasting and Social Change, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2018
Jörg Sydow and Gordon Müller-Seitz
Freie Universität Berlin and Free University of Berlin
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Technological Discontinuities, Open Innovation; Stretching Practices, Interorganizational Networks, Roadmapping, Structuration Theory, Semiconductor Industry

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Service Delivery Networks and Employment Relations at German Airports: Jeopardizing Industrial Peace on the Ground?

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Service Delivery Networks and Employment Relations at German Airports: Jeopardizing Industrial Peace on the Ground?

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Oct 2018
Markus Helfen, Jörg Sydow and Carsten Wirth
University of Innsbruck, Freie Universität Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
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airports, ground handling, labour-management collaboration, networks, employment relations, privatization, restructuring, service delivery, working conditions, labour disputes, conflict management, marketization

Service Delivery Networks and Employment Relations at German Airports: Jeopardizing Industrial Peace on the Ground?

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58, Issue 1, pp. 168-198, 2020
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 May 2020
Markus Helfen, Jörg Sydow and Carsten Wirth
University of Innsbruck, Freie Universität Berlin and University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
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Another Post‐Heroic View on Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employees in Networking the Start‐Up Process

British Journal of Management, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 652-669, 2018
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Oct 2018
Timo Braun, Aristides I. Ferreira, Thomas Schmidt and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management, Free University of Berlin (FUB), Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management and Freie Universität Berlin
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Some Characteristics of High‐Reliability Networks

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 24-28, 2015
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Feb 2015
Olivier Berthod, Michael Grothe‐Hammer and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB), Free University of Berlin (FUB) and Freie Universität Berlin
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Studying Organizational Creativity as Process: Fluidity or Duality?

Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 5-16, 2017
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 May 2020
Johann Fortwengel, Elke Schüßler and Jörg Sydow
King’s College London – King’s Business School, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Freie Universität Berlin
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Patterns of Project-Based Organizing in New Venture Creation: Projectification of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 11, Forthcoming
Posted: 14 Dec 2017
Carolin Auschra, Timo Braun, Thomas Schmidt and Jörg Sydow
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management, Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management, Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Institute for Management and Freie Universität Berlin

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New Venture Creation, Temporary Organizations, Project-Based Organizing, Institutionalization, Ecosystems, Projectification

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Projects, Paths, and Practices: Sustaining and Leveraging Project-Based Relationships

Industrial and Corporate Change, 20 (5), 1369-1402, 2011
Posted: 24 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Stephan Manning and Jörg Sydow
University of Sussex Business School and Freie Universität Berlin

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Project network, Project entrepreneur, Path dependence, Project capabilities, Project-based organizing, Repeated collaboration, Project portfolio, Team Recruiting

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Transforming Creative Potential in Project Networks: How TV Movies are Produced Under Network-Based Control

Critical Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 19-42, 2007
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Stephan Manning and Jörg Sydow
University of Sussex Business School and Freie Universität Berlin

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Creative work, project organizing, network organizing, project network, TV movie production, labor transformation, structuration theory