Authors: Malcolm Cunningham
A thousand years ago pagan Vikings from Scandinavia spread fear and terror all over Europe.They were fearless and adventuresome their ideas and beliefs were novel and met strongresistance. But they took root and prospered. Some Vikings came from Sigtuna and Birka inSweden. Their clan leaders were called Sven, Erik and Bjorn. Their gods were Odin, Thor andFroya.The modern Vikings are academic researchers. They are to be found in the Universities ofUppsala, Stockholm, Linkoping, Gothenberg, etc. Their names are Jan Johanson, HäkanHäkansson, Lars-Gunnar Mattson et. al. Their gods are Relationships, Interaction andNetworks. Their ideas, concepts and research frameworks have their origins in the same spiritof adventure as their forebears. Crucially, they have extended the boundaries and massivelyenriched our knowledge of business-to-business markets. This paper is a tribute to the SwedishIMP researchers from an Anglo-Saxon convert.
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Publish Year: 2000
Conference: Bath, U.K (2000)