In this book, the story of how IKEA and its paper producers struggled to solve the problem of creating environmentally friendly paper constitutes the foundation of a discussion of technological development. Through a detailed analysis of the case-study, the authors demonstrate the necessity of including social, technological and economical factors when dealing with such issues. Focusing on the interactive aspects of commercial and technological development, they examine how new solutions are developed and shaped in relation to the different companies and organizations involved. They investigate resources in terms of how they are related and built into other resources through historical and contemporary interaction processes. Their overall emphasis is on dealing with the issue of how different, closely and distantly related companies and organizations are affected when resources are developed.

Managing Technological Development: IKEA, the environment and technology (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)

Business & Money

Håkansson, Håkan

Waluszewski, Alexandra

Economics

Routledge

This seminal book, based on 30 years of research, provides a radical insight into the reality of the business landscape and the operations and management of companies within it. The book challenges orthodox ideas of the business market and business management and presents a comprehensive analysis of the structure and process of business and the tasks that managers and policy-makers face. 
Business in Networks is strongly grounded in empirical research and illustrated throughout with case examples. The book analyses the complex network of interdependencies that exist between companies and which determine their characteristics. It fully analyses the process of interaction through which companies and networks evolve and are transformed. Specifically, the book thoroughly examines the following: <ul>
<li>The dynamics and interrelatedness of the business landscape</li> <li>Interaction as the basic business process</li> <li>Business development in time and network space</li> <li>The nature of management in an interactive world</li> <li>The implications for policy-makers of the networked business landscape</li> </ul>

Business in Networks

Gadde, Lars-Erik

Snehota, Ivan

Ford, David I

Management & Leadership

wiley

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