Studying processes in and around networks

► Process studies are needed to better understand how networks emerge and evolve over time. ► The complexities of the business network context pose significant methodological challenges to process researchers. ► Method choices concern temporal orientation, units of analysis, sampling, data sources, analysis and conceptual products. ► Exemplary process studies of networks in a variety of disciplinary fields offer useful methodological models. ► Programmatic research investments and a focus on key transformations would help advance process theorizing about networks.