Business networks are complex webs of interdependent exchange relationships within
which companies and individual managers operate. They consist of manifold actors …

This paper has two aims: Firstly, to develop the interpretation of business management as a
process of 'networking'between companies by relating networking to the concepts of …

The notion of 'ecosystems' provides an attractive metaphor to describe a range of value
creating interactions and relationships between sets of interconnected organizations. First …

This article introduces the Special Issue of Managing Business and Innovation Networks
and makes an independent contribution to the advancement of network management …

The primary contribution of this research is positing and empirically supporting the
proposition that learning through external networks disproportionately benefits conservative …

This study contributes to understanding the role of trust in business-to-business
relationships at two different levels of operation: the inter-personal and inter-organizational …

Visioning the future is an essential aspect of strategizing. However, how managers make
sense of their networked business environment, future changes in it, and how this visioning …

Despite the significance of Guanxi networking as the integrated approach to relationship
marketing in the Chinese business environment, there remains, however, a limited …

This paper focuses on the role of sense-making and development agenda construction in
emerging business fields characterized by radical innovation. First, the networked …

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the development of the concept of business
networking. Recent literature associated with the IMP Group's research refers to business …