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- Harrison, Debbie, et al.
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Boundary objects in multi-actor interactions within tightly structured networks
- 2011
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In: the 27th Annual IMP Conference. - Glasgow, Scotland. ; , s. 1-19
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- While there are many papers investigating relationship development and relationship management in IMP, work conceptualising interaction remains limited. This is in particular when studying interaction beyond the level of the dyad. In this paper we shift the empirical lens from the single long-term dyadic relationship to multiple relationships studied across a short time frame. Data from a several court cases relating to the Norwegian food sector captures an intensive set of interactions across five actors over a six month period. We illustrate how boundary objects influence interaction attempts within a network. Connecting and disconnecting effects are produced in the negotiations between multiple retailers and producers as a result of the ongoing use of boundary objects.
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- Harrison, Debbie, et al.
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Power Games in Networks : A Case of New Mercantilist Network Organizing
- 2011
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In: the 27th Annual IMP Conference. - Glasgow, Scotland.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper investigates essential aspects of business networks in highly concentrated supplier and retail markets. In particular it discusses the interface between industrial supply network organization and end-consumer markets where a certain type of organization exists: the retail supermarket-organization. We argue that certain kinds of power dynamics emerge when retailers interact with producers in supply networks, which is pertinent due to the implications for the actual development of networked economies. This paper analyses this interplay in order to understand more of the mechanisms and the structures of the power games that impact business network dynamics. We identify three power games; the access to market game, the latitude game, and the price dumping game. We furthermore analyse the mechanisms and the transaction patterns that are implicit in these power games. Jointly, these indicate a development towards a neo-mercantilist economy where access to and participation in market supply may in fact be ―taxed‖ by powerful actors in certain network positions. These outcomes point at aspects of networked economies in highly concentrated economies that represent particular challenges to both market practitioners and policy makers
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- Olsen, Per Ingvar, et al.
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The dynamics of networked power in a concentrated business network
- 2014
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In: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 67:12, s. 2579-2589
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of networked power in a concentrated business network. Power is a long standing theme in inter-organizational research, yet there is a paucity of studies about how power emerges and is constructed over time at the network level. The paper adopts process, systems and network theory to interpret a rich single case study from the food industry. Three power mechanisms are identified, gatekeeping, decoupling and resource allocation, which form the basis of a model of networked power dynamics. Empirically tracing the dynamics of networked power highlights the economic contents of interactions. The paper extends current understandings of power as ‘conflict and coercion’ to include influencing, leveraging and strategic maneuvering in the actual performance of networked power.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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Agent-based Simulation of Non-linear Interactions in Business Networks
- 2012
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In: 28th IMP Conference. - Rome, Italy.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper describes a multi-agent based model (ABM) with the purpose of simulatinginteraction processes in business networks. Such an ABM must be able to capture time andprocess in networks while retaining a level of comprehension and overview. The ABM restson the assumption that business networks can be viewed as complex adaptive systems (CAS)and draws on the opportunities to build and use ABMs to simulate processes in such systems.This paper outlines the conceptual foundations and the methodological challenges andopportunities associated with such an endeavor with special reference to issues concerning themodeling of the complexities of business networks. It contributes with suggestions on howone concretely can handle these issues and challenges when using ABMs to model non-lineardynamic interaction processes in networks.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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Business Network Simulation : Combining Research Cases and Agent-Based Models in a Robust Methodology
- 2012
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In: International Journal of Business Administration. - : Sciedu Press. - 1923-4007 .- 1923-4015. ; 3:6, s. 82-92
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper describes the use of an agent-based model (ABM) with the purpose of simulating interaction processes in business networks. Such an ABM must be able to capture time and process in networks while retaining a level of comprehension and overview. The ABM rests on the assumption that business networks can be viewed as complex adaptive systems (CAS) and draws on the opportunities to build and use ABMs to simulate processes in such systems. This paper outlines the conceptual foundations and the methodological challenges and opportunities associated with such an endeavor with special reference to issues concerning the modeling of the complexities of business networks. Specifically it discusses the use of ABM and research case in combination in an effort to produce a robust methodology. It contributes with suggestions on how one concretely can handle these issues and challenges when using ABMs to model non-linear dynamic interaction processes in networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of International Journal of Business Administration is the property of Sciedu Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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Commentary to "From new-product development to commercialization through networks"
- 2012
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In: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 65:2, s. 207-209
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This commentary essay explores some broader implications of the article by Aarikka-Stenroos and Sandberg (in this issue) concerning two issues: the principal character of innovation processes and the delineation of networks. The article provides an interesting discussion on how firms can overcome the obstacles of successful commercialization of innovations by the utilization of various types of networks involving developers, producers and users alike. This commentary recognizes two problems in this setting: An overly linear view on innovation processes and NPD, and an overly simplistic view on the delineation of networks. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-, et al.
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Exploring the Networked Region
- 2010
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In: 26th IMP-conference in Budapest.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper explores the connectedness of a region by examining its links to three important geographic levels: the regional (internal); the national, and the global. Drawing on the notion of connectedness and of a case of the region of Møre & Romsdal in Norway, we contend that a region is networked which means that viewing the regional place as one geographic aspect of a network, we can identify other equally important geographical places but of quite different kinds. The regional network is connected to a national network as well as to a global network, and it is how these connections play out that determines the character, function and development of the regional network just as much as the internal resources of the region itself.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-, et al.
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Relationship strength and network form : An agent-based simulation of interaction in a business network
- 2014
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In: Australasian Marketing Journal. - : SAGE Publications. - 1441-3582 .- 1839-3349. ; 22:1, s. 15-27
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Given an international business network with the same focal resource, the same source and markets, but exhibiting two different inter-related sub-networks with different internal organization, we study how these network forms affects interactions. The purpose is to compare and explain differences between the two network forms and the effects this have on dyadic international relationship development using a qualitative experimental methodology involving computerized simulations. We simulate various changes in quality variation of the focal resource as well as changing demand preferences of buyers to investigate the impact on relationship strength. From this we develop three scenarios.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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The Interactive Constitution of Actors in Industrial Networks : The Case of the Norwegian City of Ålesund
- 2013
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In: International Journal of Business Administration. - : Sciedu Press. - 1923-4007 .- 1923-4015. ; 4:6, s. 10-28
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The actor-dimension of the Activitiy-Resource-Actor (ARA)-model has not gained the same attention among Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) scholars as the resource and activity dimensions. However, the issue of what an actor actually is, in the sense of its interactive constitution, is important from an industrial marketing and purchasing perspective that emphasizes the interactive character of the business landscape. This is adressed in this paper. As a concequence of their interactive constitution, actors come in many forms and they are never pre-determined but rather continuously forged out of interactions. In this paper, the Activity-Resource-Actor-model is used to illustrate how actors are forged by interaction and to explore interaction-patterns around an actor of an unusual shape: A city. The purpose is to explore the small world of a city as a business actor and to illustrate the multi-level and variable character of actors. The paper concludes with a definition of what is termed interactive actors.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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Tracing the Roots of Activity Systems Theory An Analysis of the Concept of Mediation
- 2010
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In: Theory & psychology. - : SAGE Publications. - 0959-3543 .- 1461-7447. ; 20:5, s. 641-665
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper explores some meta-theoretical sources to cultural-historical activity theory by focusing on the concept of cultural mediation as it is construed in activity systems theory. Links to Charles S. Peirce's pragmaticism are identified and elaborated by comparison of the semiotic version of mediation with cultural mediation. The philosophical influence from Hegelian thought to both pragmaticism and activity systems theory is identified and elaborated with a focus on mediation. By a reinterpretation of C.S. Peirce's category the third-Thirdness, as "phaneroscopic mediation"-a partial overlap is found with cultural mediation. Although overlapping in the emphasis on mediation, activity theory, and pragmaticism also show some significant differences in scope and application.
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- Prenkert, Frans, 1969-
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Varumärken i industriella nätverk
- 2013
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In: Entreprenörskap och varumärken. - Möklinta : Gidlunds förlag. - 9789178448883 ; , s. 195-216
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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