Purpose – To construct a theoretical framework for understanding the impact of the digitalisation of transactions on the organisation of export intermediation. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual/research paper with a number of illustrative examples – primarily from SMEs....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness of situated learning in business education. Design/methodology/approach – Illustrative case study. Findings – The increasingly popular situated learning approach holds some possible solutions to the emerging crisis of...

Purpose: Recent research suggests that the interest in process-based single-case studies is increasing in business-to-business (B2B) marketing. This paper aims to discuss research validity issues and dilemmas encountered by process-based single-case researchers in B2B marketing....

Purpose: This paper aims to explore value creation configurations pursued by suppliers in high-cost countries. The proposed value creation configuration approaches are seen as means for supplier firms to strengthen their competitiveness when faced with increasing global sourcing....

In the wake of globalization, still moreregional clusters are globally outsourcing (purchasing components that wereoriginally manufactured internally) or offshoring (globally relocatingmanufacturing while maintaining ownership control). Policy makers and businessstrategists alike are searching...

A business network is a dynamic organizational form, ever shifting and changing. Capturing conceptually the dynamics of a network is difficult. We seek to explicate and understand how transient commitments focused on instrumental activities unfold and how they lead to network dynamics. We study...

This paper considers the legitimacy-creating efforts of Better Place, an international new venture (INV) providing infrastructure services linking electrical vehicles and power grid networks. We analyze the debate on Better Place's attempts to communicate its business idea to constituents in...