Paper info

Knowledge in resource interaction: starting a dialogue among IMP and other theories

Heli Aramo-Immonen, Roberta Bocconcelli , Lars Huemer , Alessandro Pagano and Andrea Perna

The paper was published at the 35th IMP-conference in Paris, France in 2019.

This work-in-progress paper is aimed to start a discussion within IMP regarding knowledge in resource interaction. IMP studies over the years have contributed to our understanding of the resource interaction process, which is assumed to be a central and relevant facet of any business relationship, but what about the role of knowledge as a resource over the interaction process? To start a preliminary discussion on this question, the IMP view on knowledge in the resource interaction framework has been analysed along with two other mainstream theories that are currently and actively debating the importance of resources in business networks: the knowledge based view (KBV) and service-dominant logic (SDL). Preliminary results show that relevant differences can be traced in the ways the three approaches treat knowledge in a resource, given the profound divergence in basic assumptions. However, important points of contact seem to emerge that could be useful for the development of the IMP perspective.