Customer-Supplier Relationships in B2B: An Interaction Perspective on Actors in Business Networks
About this ebook
Based on a review of prior research and an original empirical study, the author argues that the presence of continuous close relationships between the customer and supplier organisations bestows features of a business network on B2B markets, with distinct interdependencies and ubiquitous interactions. Exploring buyer-seller interactions, the author contends that actors’ mutually perceived identities – continuously emergent and relationship-specific – are the main factor in the development of business relationships and discusses the implications for management practice and research.
About the author
Antonella La Rocca is Associate Professor at Rennes School of Business, France, where she teaches B2B marketing. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing and on the board of the Association for Key Account Management. Her main research interests are innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales in business markets. She has co-edited volumes on innovation in healthcare and new business venturing, and is the author of several publications in Industrial Marketing Management, Management Decision and the IMP Journal.
