This article presents an analysis of control configurations observed in dynamic and stable strategic networks, using an organisational control concept derived from Ouchi. Case studies of control arrangements are reported in two dynamic and two stable networks. Results show the dynamic networks to have developed market oriented controls while stable networks reveal more diverse influences on control. One of the stable networks has bureaucratically driven control reflecting a structural imbalance, while the other has a more improvisatory character driven by clan influence.

Dynamic strategic networks develop market-oriented controls, while stable networks exhibit diverse influences on control, with bureaucratically driven control in one and clan-driven control in the other.

Marché, bureaucratie et clans dans les réseaux stratégiques

Key Takeaway: Dynamic strategic networks develop market-oriented controls, while stable networks exhibit diverse influences on control, with bureaucratically driven control in one and clan-driven control in the other.