Benefits of inter-organizational networking in a context of globalization

Abstract

Inter-organizational networking is said to be one of the most important tendencies of recent time. The numerous benefits provided by cooperation of independent organizations help them to meet the challenges of globalization and improve country’s competitiveness. Moreover, globalization and advances in IT enable to network with remote partners. One of the success factors of inter-organizational networking is actors’ motivation to cooperate. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to reveal the benefits of inter-organizational networking from perspectives of different network actors in the context of globalization. In order to reach this aim, literature analysis was applied as a research method.