Hi, during my recent speech at the IMP conference in Copenhagen, I talked about whether or not there is a need for an “IMP 3” project. What I was referring to was a multi-country empirical project to develop new ideas and theory, it wouldn’t need to be called “IMP 3” at all. Is there any interest in this? I wanted to post this message as a completely open and transparent invitation. If anyone is interested, could you please email me at Debbie.Harrison@bi.no to start some discussions over mail first, with a possibility for a meeting at BI later on. Of course the themes and ideas for the project would need to be discussed and worked through as a group.
I look forward to hearing from you!

Debbie

From the editors:
Hakan Hakansson, David Ford and Ivan Snehota

The reserach of the IMP Group is based on the idea that business is not an isolated activity that occurs within independent organisations, but that it consists of interaction between interdependent companies, whether as customers, suppliers, development partners, facilitators or competitors.

A large number of research studies have investigated interaction between individual companies and organisations, and the wider network that surrounds them. This research has led to the development of ideas on the characteristics of business relationships and networks, on the processes within them and on how individual companies can operate in these arenas.

It is now time to create a new forum for high quality of research into business interaction; The IMP Journal. We hope that the journal will ……………………

I am delighted to announce that Luis Araujo has been promoted to a chair in the Department of Marketing, Lancaster University Management School.
Congratulations Professor Araujo!

Geoff Easton,
Department of Marketing,
Management School,
Lancaster University

Welcome to visit Uppsala STS, or Uppsala University, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (www.sts.uu.se). The aim of Uppsala STS is to investigate the relation between science, technology and society – business included. A special interest is devoted to the role of science and business development – and to develop an alternative perspective on the fad of today; to consider science and innovations as resources more or less ready to be tapped for economic values by businesses.

Alexandra Waluszewski
Director
Uppsala STS, Centre for Science and Technology Studies
Uppsala University

If you would like an e-mail adress like username@impgroup.org we can arrange that for you, just send us a mail. It would be a forwarding adress to any other e-mail adress you like.

Fredrik von Corswant is presenting his dissertation on Thursday the 27th of February at Chalmers University of Technology. The title is “Organising Product Development in Interaction”. You can get a copy by sending an e-mail to corswant@mot.chalmers.se

Espen Gressetvold will defend his dissertation “Product Development – effects on a company’s network of relationships” at NTNU in Trondheim the last of April 2004. If you want more information, please, contact Espen (espen.gressetvold@aoa.hist.no) directly.