Purpose The paper seeks to provide a framework for analyzing business relationships and networks within organizational, spatial, relational and network contexts. Design/methodology/approach A single case study method is applied to highlight the applicability of the relationship/network...

The article will examine an extended case study (over 14 years) of the challenges of operating a mode 2 academic research project (which generated a unique diagnostic tool for use in business to business relationships) and then of converting academic theory into a practical application which has...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to report on research to date concerning the creation of a hybrid model for managing performance and decision making with elements of an IBM supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – As part of a wider research programme this paper utilises survey,...