Paper info: Adaptive and Exchange Interacting: Joining the Interaction and Actor-Resource-Activity Frameworks
Title
Adaptive and Exchange Interacting: Joining the Interaction and Actor-Resource-Activity Frameworks
Authors
Chris Medlin
University of Adelaide
Australia
Jan-Åke Törnroos
Åbo Akademi
Finland
Place of Publication
The paper was published at the 27th IMP-conference in Glasgow, Scotland in 2011.
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Abstract
Abstract
This paper presents an inter-linking framework between the Interaction and Actor-Resource-Activity (ARA) frameworks. These two frameworks have aided many researchers to understand business relationships and change in business networks, yet they appear largely independent. An inter-linking framework offers researchers additional constructs and the ability to choose different constructs from the three frameworks to study the phenomena of interest.
The paper briefly reviews the interaction and actor-resource-activity frameworks and then proposes an inter-linking framework: Adaptive and Exchange Interacting. The approach is analyzed through a case study. The final sections of the paper address research implications and discuss the limitations of the proposed third and joining framework.
Keywords: Adaptation, time, process, interacting, actors, exchange, proactive adaptation, reactive adaptation
This paper presents an inter-linking framework between the Interaction and Actor-Resource-Activity (ARA) frameworks. These two frameworks have aided many researchers to understand business relationships and change in business networks, yet they appear largely independent. An inter-linking framework offers researchers additional constructs and the ability to choose different constructs from the three frameworks to study the phenomena of interest.
The paper briefly reviews the interaction and actor-resource-activity frameworks and then proposes an inter-linking framework: Adaptive and Exchange Interacting. The approach is analyzed through a case study. The final sections of the paper address research implications and discuss the limitations of the proposed third and joining framework.
Keywords: Adaptation, time, process, interacting, actors, exchange, proactive adaptation, reactive adaptation