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(Volume 9, Issue 3)
Catherine Welch, University of New South Wales
Ian F. Wilkinson, University of New South Wales
Abstract
We argue that the model of relationships and networks
proposed by the IMP group in terms of actors, activities and resources (AAR),
which forms the basis of much IMP research, needs to be extended to incorporate
a fourth dimension of relations and networks, namely that of ideas or schemas.
These schemas are the way managers make sense of their world and the
interactions taking place with other organizations and work development. We use
an extended longitudinal case study to illustrate the role of firms' schemas in
shaping the evolution of a business network and consider the research and
management implications arising from this additional network dimension.
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