We hope that you can join us for the Applied Statistics Workshop this Wednesday, November 17th when we will be happy to have Matevž Raškovič from the University of Ljubljana, who is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Sociology Department. You will find an abstract below. As always, we will serve a light lunch and the talk will begin around 12:15p. “Managing supplier-buyer relationships in transnational companies: the case of Danfoss” Matevž Raškovič University of Ljubljana CGIS K354 (1737 Cambridge St.) Wednesday, November 17th 12 noon Abstract: This talk is part of an ongoing PhD research taking place at the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, and the Technical University Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The research is motivated by literature on the different ‘mentalities’ of international companies and the fact that transnational companies, as a unique type of an international company mentality, are increasingly being understood as communities and spaces of social relationships. The research explores the management of supplier-buyer relationships within Danfoss, Denmark’s biggest industrial organization. In particular, it looks at how Danfoss manages supplier-buyer relationships to be both globally efficient and flexible, while at the same time facilitating learning. Balancing all these three strategic goals presents a considerable challenge for all internationally-active companies. The talk will offer a short theoretical background for the research and focus on presenting the multi-method mixed research design built around two separate two-mode egocentric cognitive social networks. Cheers, matt. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Matthew Blackwell PhD Candidate Institute for Quantitative Social Science Department of Government Harvard University url: http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~blackwel/