Authors: Niels Jørgensen
Due to first of all the IMP group, attention has been directed to the fact that many industrial companies are a part of more or less defined networks and that they have long-standing customer and supplier relationships. Various have emphasized that relationships do not last forever and that networks therefore change or dissolve. Circumstances may have changed by e.g. mergers, closures, or acquisitions. Factors in a company’s environment may also result in its relationships being ended because they are no longer advantageous. How do the parties in the network react on dissolution tendencies ? when the network for one reason or another is put under pressure ? and what determines dissolution respectively maintenance of the network? This paper analyses these questions.Basis is a specific network, the distribution system of Danish potted plants, which for different reasons is under a heated pressure and which shows signs of dissolution. Network members are the Danish market gardeners, various transport and service companies, as well as wholesalers and sales companies, and also a number of joint associations. The network has been built and continuously developed for a number of years, but due to competition and changes in structure on the different levels in the network, the question is if it for some of the parties will be relevant to take part in the network in the coming years.
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Publish Year: 2003
Conference: Lugano, Switzerland (2003)