...-based modelling Network boundaries Causal networks Encapsulation Network ontology The affinity between IMP industrial networks and complexity theory has been noted (Wilkinson and Young, 2005, 2013 ; Wilkinson, 2008). Drawing on many accounts of systems facing turbulent environments...

... comprises those other firms and relationships of which a focal firm is aware – regardless of whether it considers them relevant. The network horizon of an actor changes over time as business proceeds, which implies that any network boundary is arbitrary and dependent upon the current perspective. The debate...