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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume 58, Issue 9, Pages 1285-1297Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.02.001
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business networks; case study research; relational time; network context; process research
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Business conditions have changed significantly since the first notions of networks in industrial marketing were made in the early 1980s. Globalization and the so-called new economy are based on continuous change, the increasing use of information and communication technologies and complex networks of relationships between firms. This being the case, we should look more closely at how networks are constituted and how they currently function. This paper gives perspectives on how to conduct case research for understanding contemporary business networks. Four imminent challenges of case research that aims at theory development are discussed: the problem of network boundaries, network complexity, the role of time and case comparisons. Potential tools and ideas for solving these problems are put forward. A multicountry research project on business networks is used as an illustrative example. The paper ends with a discussion about how to conduct case studies in practice including implications. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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