Abstract Business-to-business (B2B) and business network scholars have begun adopting
an “ecosystem” approach to describe the increasing interdependence and co-evolution of …

Purpose This paper aims to adopt a resource-based view (RBV) to investigate the link
between marketing (MRKT)–supply chain management (SCM) alignment, supply chain …

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the development of research based on the
IMP approach during the four decades since the inauguration in 1976. The paper presents a …

Research on customer–supplier relationships in business markets has evidenced the
centrality of interaction processes. However, while several studies examine interaction …

In this research, we wish to address the tension tucked away in scholarly work: the
simultaneous need to break in and break out of academic communities and their ways of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the “interacted” actor and connect it
with practices of managerial value creation in an interactive business world. In doing so, it …

The industrial network literature contains underlying assumptions about the nature of
business relationships. We use change as a vehicle to unearth these assumptions and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss key elements of lean supply (LS) in light of
core concepts in the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP) perspective …

Purpose This study aims to observe different purchasing and evaluation phases during the
buying of business services, thus revealing the necessity for integration of different entities …