“In contrast to the structure-oriented GVC perspective and the externally oriented GPN perspective, a network management perspective (...) focuses on how particular structures are produced, reproduced and eventually transformed on a whole network level by network management practices.” (Helfen et al. 2018 p.1644)
“A core value of the practice-oriented
network management perspective is that it moves away from a relatively static understanding of agency resulting from structural pre-conditions (e.g. more or less unilateral power of lead firms vis-a-vis suppliers) towards understanding agency as an ongoing, collective and distributed practice that can either reproduce or change the structure of the whole network and thereby shapes network-level outcomes.” (Helfen et al. 2018 p. 1646)
Helfen, M., Schüßler, E., & Sydow, J. (2021). Hin zu mehr sozialer Netzwerkverantwortlichkeit in der globalen Bekleidungsindustrie: Eine praxistheoretische Betrachtung. In Konkurrenzen und Solidaritäten (pp. 107-124). Rainer Hampp Verlag.
Sydow, J., Schüßler, E., & Müller-Seitz, G. (2016). Managing Inter-Organizational Relations: Debates and Cases. Palgrave.