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Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks »

Authors: Pervez N. Ghauri (Editor), Jan Johanson (Editor), Amjad Hadjikhani
ISBN-13: 9781403947697, ISBN-10: 1403947694
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Pervez N. Ghauri

Pervez N. Ghauri is Professor of International Business at the University of Manchester. Amjad Hadjikhani is Professor of Marketing in the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. Jan Johanson is Emeritus Professor of International Business at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Book Synopsis

Most firms are engaged in a limited network of relationships with important customers and suppliers; this volume explores opportunity development in these business networks.

	Introduction : opportunity development in business networks
1	Opportunities, relational embeddedness and network structure
2	The importance of competition and cooperation for the exploration of innovation opportunities
3	International entrepreneurial culture, international opportunity perception and pattern of international exploitation : towards an integrated model
4	Subsidiary business networks and opportunity development in multinational enterprises : a comparison of the influence of internal and external business networks
5	Value processes in industrial networks : identifying the creation and realisation of value
6	Business opportunities, subsidiaries and interpreneurial activity
7	International experience and the recognition of business opportunities in foreign markets - a study of SME's international experiences and choice of location
8	Opportunities of being multinational : a study of organizational rejuvenation, relationships and knowledge
9	Learning across the border? : innovations, knowledge sharing, and business opportunities in MNCs
10	Network opportunities and obstacles in mergers and acquisitions : the role of resource embeddendness
11	Reputation as opportunity and risk
12	The role of business opportunity mediators in the entrepreneurial process
13	Opportunity development for ongoing business relationships
14	Opportunities and obstacles in using IT systems : embedding Movex in Edsbyn's resource network
15	Creating new opportunities from old resources through contextually determined information asymmetries
16	The emergence and exploitation of opportunities in business networks
	Epilogue : opportunity development in business networks