Adaptation in a Business Network Cooperation Context (summary section only)


Autoria(s): Hagberg-Andersson, Åsa
Contribuinte(s)

Svenska handelshögskolan, Institutionen för företagsledning och organisation, företagsledning och organisation

Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Management and Organisation, Management and Organisation

Data(s)

28/02/2007

Resumo

In today’s business one can say that competition does not take place inside the network, but between networks. Change and dynamics are central issues in network studies, and a company, due its changing environment, can identify opportunities and threats and respond to them accordingly. These opportunities are vital, but also complex and demanding for the management. Earlier research has identified a shortcoming in explanations of how the micro-level interactions to macro-level patterns are connected. The IMP-group has been trying to fill this research gap with research on interactions within business networks. In this area of research lies the focus of research on relationships between organizations. Adaptation in cooperation is a central concept within business network research. Adaptation has been dealt with in previous literature, but the focus of the studies has mainly been outside this phenomenon, and it has mostly had a supporting role. Most literature has also described the buyers' point of view in studied supply networks, whereas much less attention has been paid to the suppliers' view on them. This study focuses on this research gap. The results of the study stress that adaptation should be included to a greater extent in the strategy work of companies. The adaptations should be carefully planned and, as far as possible, made consciously. Conscious, well-planned adaptations can be seen as investments into present and future relationships, and resources should be invested into something that does not increase the company’s dependence, but divides the power in the relationship between the companies. Adaptations should be planned so that they result in a more offensive way of responding to the demands that are placed upon the companies. In this way, the actions can be viewed and analyzed in accordance with whether the actions make the company weaker or stronger.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10227/233

URN:ISBN:978-951-555-945-6

978-951-555-945-6

0424-7256

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Svenska handelshögskolan

Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration

Relação

Economics and Society

169

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Palavras-Chave #adaptation #cooperation #business networks #interviews #survey #case studies #qualitative #quantitative #Entrepreneurship and Management
Tipo

Doctoral thesis

Väitöskirja

Doktorsavhandling

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