کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1027669 942254 2012 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Sensemaking in business networks: Introducing dottograms to analyse network changes
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری بازاریابی و مدیریت بازار
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Sensemaking in business networks: Introducing dottograms to analyse network changes
چکیده انگلیسی

The issue of how different actors in a network understand changes to their industry remains an under-researched but crucially important area. According to the industrial network approach, companies interact according to their perceptions of the relevant network environment and their subjective sensemaking of the network logic and exchange mechanisms relating to the activities, resources, and actor bonds. Using a case study of the Norwegian/Japanese seafood distribution system, we propose a methodology that allows us to better understand these perceptions. We develop an analytical method based on ‘dottograms’ which facilitates a more detailed understanding of change within networks. In particular, we show how the dimensions of time (past, present and future changes) and space (change at actor, dyad or network level) can be better understood, and also how the method facilitates our understanding by ascribing reasons for the change. As such, we provide a methodological contribution to research on business networks and change.


► This study develops a novel analytical framework which allows a detailed understanding of network change.
► This research method enables comparing actor perceptions of network changes within and across business networks.
► Our method represents a contribution to research methods in business networks and network change.
► Provides an understanding of time (past, present and future) and space (actor, dyad and network level) in networks.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Industrial Marketing Management - Volume 41, Issue 6, August 2012, Pages 1035–1046
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