PhD student in Information Systems and Innovation
Biography
I am a PhD student in management at Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2008, I finished the Master in Industrial Relations (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Under the supervision of Professor Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro, my MRes Dissertation was on 'Social Networks and Psychological Contracts – A literature review'. Before my journey at the LSE, I served as a junior researcher at CIDER| (Research Centre on Regional Economy Development) from 2005 to 2007. I gained a BSc in Sociology from the University of Algarve | (Portugal) in 2006. The BSc dissertation – 'Tourism a Social Perspective – The case of Arade Board' – mobilised the sociological framework to understand motivations of tourists visiting the Algarve Region, Portugal.
Research Interests
Subject areas: inter-organisational relationships; coordination; longitudinal social network analysis; and, multiple case-study
My research interests lie at the interaction between strategy and organizational behaviour. I wonder about the organising mechanisms – i.e., coordination - occurring throughout the evolution of inter-organisational relationships (IO-R). In particular, I look at the role of contracts in IO-R, multilevel-analysis of coordination at both the organisation-level and department-level within IO-R ties; and, heterogeneity in IO-R (e.g., multiple functions). Environmentally sustainable construction serves as empirical setting. I am admittedly fascinated about the challenge of conceiving management strategies for inter-organisational networks
In terms of methodology, I use the inductive theory-building with embedded, multiple cases (Eisenhardt, 1989) to carry out a longitudinal study on the dynamics of IO-R configurations. My research benefits from substantial data richness of meeting minutes which are the primary data source.
Other interests are related to software for Social Network Analysis (e.g., SPSS, UCINET; PAJEK, Siena).
Supervisors
Publications and Papers
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Oliveira, N. (2011), Inter-Organisational Trust - Towards a multi-level perspective. 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, July 6–9, Sweden.
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Oliveira, N. (2011), Social Network Analysis in Multiple-Case Studies: Promises, evidence, challenges and tentative solutions for 'better stories and better constructs. SUNBELT XXXI Social Networks Conference, St. Peter Beach, Florida, Feb. 8-11, USA.
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Oliveira, N. (2010), Centrality and Heterogeneity During the Evolution of Inter-Organizational Networks. INFORMS 2010 Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas, November 7-10, USA.
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Oliveira, N. (2010), The Intangible Element in Environmental Sustainable Construction – Content and structure of inter-firm networks, First oikos YoungScholarsEntrepreneurshipAcademy. Urnäsch, August 22-27, Switzerland.
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Oliveira, N. (2010), Inter-firm Collaboration (Partnering) in the Construction Sector – False dichotomies in a unidirectional debate. Construction Matter – Managing complexities, decisions and actions in the building process. CBS - CopenhagenBusinessSchool, Copenhagen, May 5-8, Denmark.
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Oliveira, N. (2010). The Paradox of Trust in Inter-firm Collaboration – Why rigid structures may be better off than trust-based structures. 5th Workshop on Trust within and between Organisations. EIASM – European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Madrid, January 28-29, 2010, Spain.
Papers in progress
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Oliveira, N (2011), Nodes of Multiple Fucntions and Effectiveness in Inter-Organisational Networks (Working paper)
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Oliveira, N. (2010).The Boundary (Mis)specification Problem - A study on theory-building combining multiple cases and SNA. (Working paper).
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Oliveira, N (2011), The Role of Contracts in Inter-Organisational Networks - A longitudinal analysis (Data Analysis)
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Oliveira, N (2011), 'Networks of Coordination'. A framework on how do inter-organisational networks organise, evolve and delivery effectively (Data Analysis).