Business networks consist of interconnected business relationships that evolve over time. The main notion is that firms coordinate business activities and adapt their resources towards counterparts, so that long-term business relationships are formed. From time to time, however, ongoing business between suppliers and customers is subject to unforeseen and uncontrollable events that cause sudden stops in business activities all over industries.
Bringing together contributions from scholars in the field of business relationships and networks, this book presents unique insights into how and when rapid responses can be possible in the challenging times following business disruption. It explores the various origins of business disruptions, identifying channels for more active and apt monitoring of business contexts by managers. Readers will gain contemporary and highly relevant knowledge on several aspects of the widespread impact of sudden stops in business. The chapters provide readers with individual and detailed accounts and conclusions about business discontinuity, and places them within a cohesive common ground in business relationships and networks.
This edited volume will be a valuable resource for scholars across business disciplines, including B2B marketing and organizational studies.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Postgraduate
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20 s/w Zeichnungen, 6 s/w Tabellen, 20 s/w Abbildungen
6 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-1-032-98559-6 (9781032985596)
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Susanne Aberg is Associate Professor of Business Studies, especially industrial marketing, at the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Anna Bengtson is Professor in Business Studies, especially industrial marketing, at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Peter Thilenius is Professor of Business Studies, especially International Business, at Uppsala University, Sweden.
1. Introducing Abrupt Disruption of Business and Rapid Responses Part I - Disruption in Business Networks 2. Exogenous Shock Events and Network Change Processes: A Scenario Framework 3. Abrupt Interruption of Business in The Forest Sector: The Case of African Swine Fever in Sweden 4. Disruptions in Sustainability-Led Business Endeavours 5. Managing Unexpected Disruptions in Large-Scale Business Projects 6. Corporate Acquisitions as Disruptive Events? Towards An Event-Centred Analysis of Industry Dynamics Part II - Rapid Relationship Responses 7. Can You Buy a Business Relationship? The Role of Actor Identity 8. Digital Transformation and Interaction Interruption in Business-To-Business Relationships 9. Expected, Yet Potentially Abrupt Endings: Exploring Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dynamics in the Public Procurement Process 10. Dissolution of Triads: Effects on a Focal Business Relationship 11. On The Duality of Business-To-Business Relationships' Sudden Endings 12. After the Storm: What Do We Know About Hiatus and the Following Recurring?
