Power in Business -to-Business relationships – some problems of interpretation

Authors: KeithJ Blois; Sylvie Lacoste

Power is a complex topic and because of this in any writing on ‘power’ there is a difficulty in maintaining a clear line of argument as, in addition to a need to be very precise in the use of language, there is a requirement for statements to be inter-linked with each other and for caveats to be associated with them.  This paper will examine aspects of the concept of power using examples from the behaviour of the managements of industrial MNC’s or their suppliers which have made ‘power’ interpretations of their situations.  It will thus provide an understanding of aspects of the concept of power which a manager should take account if they choose to use a power interpretation. 

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Publish Year: 2009

Conference: Marseille, France (2009)

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