Business Relationships and Networks

Anna Bengtson is Professor of Business Studies, especially industrial marketing, in the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden.Susanne Åberg is Associate Professor of Business Studies, especially industrial marketing, in the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.Peter Thilenius is Professor in Department of Business Studies, especially international business, at Uppsala University, Sweden.

• 1. Introducing Abrupt Disruption of Business and Rapid Responses Part I - Disruption in Business Networks 2. Exogenous Shock Events and Network Change Processes: A Scenario Framework 3. Abrupt Interruption of Business in The Forest Sector: The Case of African Swine Fever in Sweden 4. Disruptions in Sustainability-Led Business Endeavours 5. Managing Unexpected Disruptions in Large-Scale Business Projects 6. Corporate Acquisitions as Disruptive Events? Towards An Event-Centred Analysis of Industry Dynamics Part II - Rapid Relationship Responses 7. Can You Buy a Business Relationship? The Role of Actor Identity 8. Digital Transformation and Interaction Interruption in Business-To-Business Relationships 9. Expected, Yet Potentially Abrupt Endings: Exploring Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dynamics in the Public Procurement Process 10. Dissolution of Triads: Effects on a Focal Business Relationship 11. On The Duality of Business-To-Business Relationships’ Sudden Endings 12. After the Storm: What Do We Know About Hiatus and the Following Recurring?