Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks

List of Figures List of Tables LIst of Contributors INTRODUCTION; A. Hadjikhani, P. Ghauri and J. Johanson PART 1: OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS NETWORKS: CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT Opportunities, Relational Embeddedness and Network Structure; U. Andersson, D. B. Holm and M. Johanson The Importance of Competition and Cooperation for the Exploration of Innovation Opportunities; M. Bengtsson, J. Eriksson and S. Kock International Entrepreneurial Culture, International Opportunity Perception and Pattern of International Exploitation: Towards an Integrated Model; P. Dimitratos and M. V. Jones Subsidiary Business Networks and Opportunity Development in Multinational Enterprises: A Comparison of the Influence of Internal and External Business Networks; M. Yamin Value Processes in Industrial Networks: Identifying the Creation of Realization of Value; M. Johanson and T. Wedin PART 2: OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Business Opportunities, Subsidiaries, and Entrepreneurial Activity; C. Pahlberg and M. Persson International Experience and the Recognition of Business Opportunities in Foreign Markets - A Study of SME's International Experience and Choice of Location; J. Hohenthal and J. Lindbergh Opportunities of Being Multinational: A Study of Organizational Rejuvenation, Relationships and Knowledge; M. Adenfelt and K. Lagerström Learning Across the Border? Innovations, Knowledge Sharing and Business Opportunities in MNCs; F. L. Cooke Network Opportunities and Obstacles in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Resource Embeddedness; E. Baraldi and T. Wedin Reputation as Opportunity and Risk; C. Eriksson and J. Lindvall PART 3: OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKS The Role of Business Opportunity Mediators in the Entrepreneurial Process; B. Berggren & L. Silver Opportunity Development for Ongoing Business Relationships; C. Pahlberg and P. Thilenius Opportunities and Obstacles in Using IT Systems: Embedding Movex in Edsbyn's Resource Network; E. Baraldi Creating New Opportunities from Old Resources through Contextually Determined Information Asymmetries; A. Bengston and S. Åberg The Emergence and Exploitation of Opportunities in Business Networks; B. Ståhl Epilogue: Opportunity Development in Business Networks; A. Hadjikhani and J. Johanson Index