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Business Relationships and Networks: Disruption, Crises and Rapid Responses book cover

1st Edition

Business Relationships and Networks Disruption, Crises and Rapid Responses

Edited By Anna Bengtson, Susanne Åberg, Peter Thilenius Copyright 2026
194 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Business networks consist of interconnected business relationships that evolve over time. The main notion is that firms coordinate business activities and adapt their resources towards counterparts so that long-term business relationships are formed. From time to time, however, ongoing business between suppliers and customers is subject to unforeseen and uncontrollable events that cause sudden... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

About the Editors

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introducing Abrupt Disruption of Business and Rapid Responses

Anna Bengtson, Peter Thilenius, and Susanne Åberg

Part I - Disruption in Business Networks

2. Exogenous Shock Events and Network Change Processes: A Scenario Framework

Sabine Gebert Persson and Mikael Gidhagen

3. Abrupt Interruption of Business in The Forest Sector:  The Case of African Swine Fever in Sweden

Anna Bengtson and Susanne Åberg

4. Disruptions in Sustainability-Led Business Endeavours

Nina Hasche and Asta Salmi

5. Managing Unexpected Disruptions in Large-Scale Business Projects

Helén Anderson and Johan Holtström

6. Corporate Acquisitions as Disruptive Events? Towards An Event-Centred Analysis of Industry Dynamics

Peter Dahlin, Virpi Havila, and Aino Halinen

Part II - Rapid Relationship Responses

7. Can You Buy a Business Relationship?  The Role of Actor Identity

Olof Wadell

8. Digital Transformation and Interaction Interruption in Business-To-Business Relationships

Kristin B. Munksgaard and Per Vagn Freytag

9. Expected, Yet Potentially Abrupt Endings: Exploring Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dynamics in the Public Procurement Process

Anne-Maria Holma and Susanne Åberg

10. Dissolution of Triads: Effects on a Focal Business Relationship

Victor Eriksson and Ann-Charlott Pedersen

11. On The Duality of Business-To-Business Relationships’ Sudden Endings

Jaana Tähtinen and Maria Holmlund

12. After the Storm: What Do We Know About Hiatus and the Following Recurring?

Virpi Havila, Christopher J. Medlin, and León Poblete

Biography

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.

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