...Poul Houman Andersen; Victor Eriksson Stien; Elsebeth Holmen; Ann-Charlott Pedersen Purpose This paper aims to theorise digitally enabled resilience in business networks as a multi-level phenomenon. While digital technologies are widely assumed to enhance resilience, existing research has largely...

...Matteo Dominidiato; Daniel Hjelmgren; Frida Lind Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse collaborative product development in business relationships as a means of achieving a circular economy in business networks. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical framework is based...

... paradoxes that emerge for suppliers of innovative materials, thus affecting their business network relationships. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts a qualitative methodological approach by investigating four case studies of fashion suppliers in the Italian context. Each case study...

... populated area. Data was collected through interviews, websites and social media. The case focuses on the creation of sub-networks designed to improve collaboration among different experts. The paper analyses how knowledge evolved across these sub-networks, the RSN and social and business networks...

...Francesco Petrucci; Francesco Mutignani; Jose Novais Santos Purpose This study aims to explore how the business incubation industry (BII) is dealing with the emerging challenges posed by the on-going transition toward an environmentally sustainable economy, from a business network perspective...

... as business actors in the business network. Owing to their engagement in these specific roles, consumer communities become part of the SNVs’ network, akin to other business-to-business players. Originality/value This study represents one of the initial endeavors to introduce consumption into the IMP...

... (INA) IMP Concept Conceptualising Business network Interaction Context Researchers engaged in the industrial network approach (INA) are working with an abundance of theoretical concepts that contribute to describe and analyse interaction and networking aspects of business...

... New venture Sustainability Business network Trust Fashion industry Sustainable development Among the different perspectives, new ventures and sustainability have been the subject of increasing interest of scholars from the market as network approach and the Industrial Marketing...

... aims to offer a thorough view of the dynamic and complex processes characterizing the participation of the start-ups to more than one campaign adopting a business network perspective. Design/methodology/approach In line with an explorative research aim, a multiple case study analysis is performed...

... their business models for sustainability to generate positive economic, social and ecological value and gain credibility for their missions. Stakeholders Corporate social responsibility Business network Business model for sustainability Sustainable product-service system Embracing sustainability...

... Business network Entrepreneurial passion Domain passion Passion-driven entrepreneurship Small and medium-sized towns In the entrepreneurship literature, there has been growing recognition of the importance of studying entrepreneurship as a contextualized phenomenon (Welter and Gartner, 2016...

... mechanisms of socioeconomic interaction in business networks and how the interaction context conditions actors’ roles and interdependencies. Practical implications The paper raises practitioners’ awareness of corrupt exchange in business networks and enables them to anticipate and manage upcoming...

... interaction which results in corporate identity and reputation creation that SMEs ultimately use to influence their network positions. Design/methodology/approach This single case study presents four Croatian SMEs embedded in a business network. A research model of INB serves as an analytical tool...

... performing these roles could bring supporting capabilities which are required for development of emerging technologies through networks. Dynamic capability Nanotechnology Developing economy Business network Commercialization Emerging technology Prior research has shown that both small...

... network perspective, the paper addresses the following question: Why do firms move between cooperation and competition in the context of high-tech industry? Hence, the purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the complex cooperation–competition interplay between actors in a business...

... network structure, with a clearly defined and future-oriented strategic objective, offers good potential for radical innovation to occur. Incremental innovation Open innovation Radical innovation Business network Living lab Companies are networking with each other to a greater extent than...

... builds its interactions, but “a posteriori”, from the actor’s previously recognized roles in interactions on which network innovation is based. The local system may or may not be present in the interaction set of the business network. The interactions and roles systems define the type of local system...

.... The three elements of his ontology discussed are applied to research in business networks. Research limitations/implications The paper argues for research on human perspectives of business relationships and networks, particularly of issues such as time, timing, partner integration, relational...