...Artur Janusz; Agata Bednarek; Leszek Komarowski; Pawel Boniecki; Per Engelseth Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal the interdependencies involved and how interaction takes place in the context of a project organization as a network of academic and business actors. Design/methodology...

..., thus generating new spaces of interaction where cross-boundary movements are frequent and traverse physical and digital contexts. All these elements, in turn, produce a higher need for coordination in business relationships. By using the concept of boundary objects, the purpose of this paper...

...Sigurd Sagen Vildåsen; Malena Ingemansson Havenvid Purpose Most scholars acknowledge the role of firm-stakeholder relationship for enabling corporate sustainability (CS), but existing literature tends to apply a superficial understanding of interaction. Thus, the purpose of this paper...

... business model” cannot be avoided (Palo and Tähtinen, 2011). Rather, it has been shown that business models are not static but rather dynamic, reflecting interactive solution development between customer and supplier organizations (Ferreira et al., 2013). It has been found that taking a single...

...Kristin B. Munksgaard; David Ford Purpose IMP literature has developed the conceptualisation of a business landscape comprised of varying combinations of more or less interdependent activities, resources and actors, the form of which are defined by the interactive processes in which...

...Morten H. Abrahamsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a conceptual framework and a methodology for researching business interaction. Design/methodology/approach The paper briefly presents what business interaction is from an international marketing and purchasing perspective...

...Morten H. Abrahamsen; Håkan Håkansson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse how different policy perspectives or logics regarding industry organising affect network interaction, with particular focus on how the availability of resources is organised. Design/methodology/approach...

... processes in order to contribute to the modification of innovation policies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on: a literature study focusing on the criticism and suggestions for revision of mainstream policy; and two empirical illustrations of innovation through interactive resource...

... – The utilization of the IMP model proposes a learning ground that exceed the local context and open ups of investigations of opportunities and threats stemming from interactions across spatial borders. Analysed from an interactive point of view, in the specific context of Prato, the exploitation...

...Antonella La Rocca; Ivan Snehota Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how corporate associations emerge in business networks focusing on mutually attributed identities in customer-supplier relationships. The role of the mutually perceived identities for interaction behaviours...

...Thomas Hoholm Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop the case for studying non-interaction in networks, particularly instances of intentional avoidance of interaction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the analysis of instances of interaction avoidance across...

...Morten H. Abrahamsen; Håkan Håkansson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the phenomenon of customer-supplier interaction and integration from a resource perspective. In economic terms, a fish may be seen as a more or less homogeneous resource. If the herring is seen as a homogeneous...

...Malena Ingemansson Havenvid Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the link between economic thinking and public policy, two ways of promoting innovation are reviewed – competition and interaction. The competition perspective is illustrated by Schumpeterian-inspired growth economics...

... use to develop supply base strategies. The framework illustrates that developing supply base strategies is a dynamic process that not only involves individual actions by the buying company, but also requires close interaction with suppliers. Originality/value – Previous literature has...