Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks

Business opportunity is defined as the driving force that creates entrepreneurship, change and growth in both SMEs and multinational firms. Business networks provide opportunities and competitive advantage but they also impose constraints on firms. This volume connects opportunity detection with business networks to explore the impact of this combination on the competitive strategies of firms. It will be of use to researchers and PhD candidates working in the field of entrepreneurship, networks, and competitive strategies and advantages.

SUSANNE ÅBERG Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden MARIA ADENFELT Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden ULF ANDERSSON Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden ENRICO BARALDI Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden ANNA BENGSTON Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden MARIA BENGTSSON Department for Business Administration, Umeå University, Sweden BJÖRN BERGGREN Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden DESIREÉ BLANKENBURG HOLM Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden FANG LEE COOKE Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK PAVLOS DIMITRATOS University of Strathclyde and University of Glasgow, UK CARIN ERIKSSON Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden JESSICA ERIKSSON Department for Business Administration, Umeå University, Sweden JUKKA HOHENTHAL Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden MARTIN JOHANSON Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden MARIAN V. JONES University of Strathclyde and University of Glasgow, UK SÖREN KOCK Hanken, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland KATARINA LAGERSTRÖM Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden JESSICA LINDBERGH Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden JAN LINDVALL Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden MAGNUS PERSSON Department ofBusiness Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden CECILIA PAHLBERG Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden LARS SILVER Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden BENJAMIN STÅHL Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden PETER THILENIUS Mälardalens Business School, Sweden TORKEL WEDIN Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden MOHAMMED YAMIN Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK