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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449854903321

Titolo

The industrial marketing and purchasing group and international marketing [[electronic resource] /] / guest editor, David Ford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-51509-0

9786610515097

1-84544-366-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Collana

International marketing review ; ; v. 21, no. 2, 2004

Altri autori (Persone)

FordDavid

Disciplina

658.8

Soggetti

Industrial marketing

Marketing

Export marketing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; French abstracts; Spanish abstracts; Guest editorial The IMP Group and international marketing; Partnering and relationships within an international network context; Integration of relationships and business network development in the Russian transition economy; International business-relationship triads; Activating trust: the redefinition of roles and relationships in an international construction project; Values, trust, and commitment in business-to-business relationships

The political embeddedness of international business networks

Sommario/riassunto

This paper uses an empirical study of the collaborative business relationships between Opel Portugal as a subsidiary the American automotive manufacturer General Motors and its Portuguese-based direct suppliers (PBDS) as a means of exploring the contributions of the three research traditions of supply chain management, multinational theory and, crucially, the role of the IMP approach. Within this research, the supply chain management concept of partnering is used to provide a bridge between the dyadic and network perspectives. Also, due to its potential in describing complex business networks