...Ashley Jean MacDonald; Christopher Hartt Purpose This paper aims to explore the history of a politically charged term, agribusiness. The term represents both market and government forces in an essential industry. Design/methodology/approach A history is exposed while actor-network theory...

... ecosystem primarily located in the Connecticut River Valley in the 1800s. Using the Springfield Armory example, we use the related but largely unjoined concepts of ecosystem and networks to show that these organizational forms are effective in driving innovation. Design/methodology/approach The design...