Authors: Christopher Medlin; Jan-Åke Tornroos
Abstract
This paper presents an inter-linking framework between the Interaction and Actor-Resource-Activity (ARA) frameworks. These two frameworks have aided many researchers to understand business relationships and change in business networks, yet they appear largely independent. An inter-linking framework offers researchers additional constructs and the ability to choose different constructs from the three frameworks to study the phenomena of interest.
The paper briefly reviews the interaction and actor-resource-activity frameworks and then proposes an inter-linking framework: Adaptive and Exchange Interacting. The approach is analyzed through a case study. The final sections of the paper address research implications and discuss the limitations of the proposed third and joining framework.
Keywords: Adaptation, time, process, interacting, actors, exchange, proactive adaptation, reactive adaptation
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Conference: Glasgow, Scotland (2011)