Strategic Management Thought

Identify and Explan of the Factors Affecting the Adhesion of Relationships within Business Networks

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student in Business Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Business Mnagement, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shhid Beheshti University, Tehrn, Iran

3 Professor, Business Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

4 Associate Professor, Business Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical framework for the factors of adhesion in relationships within business networks and also an explanation of the role of these factors in the stages of formation of a relationship within the network. The type of research is applied in terms of purpose and library-based in terms of method. First, the concept of adhesion has been studied and compared according to five knowledge approaches, namely Islamic approach, economical approach, psychological approach, sociological approach and basic science approach. The approach used in this study is then described. The research method has been a systematic review of 55 articles related to relationships within business networks from 1971 to 2021 extracted from scientific databases. After conducting the filtering process and using the manual coding method, these 55 articles have been coded as a full text study. Factors affecting the adhesion of relationships within the network were divided into 12 general categories, placed in three layers named structural adhesion, perceptual adhesion and specific adhesion. Among the identified factors, the number of incoming and outgoing relationships has the highest frequency and the layer related to structural adhesion is the most frequent layer. In the next step, the life cycle of a relationship in the context of the business network is plotted and the priority of three layers of adhesion is defined for them. The results show the greatest effect of structural adhesion in all stages of the life cycle.

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Strategic Management Thought
Volume 14, Issue 2 - Serial Number 28
December 2020
Pages 615-642
  • Receive Date: 12 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 10 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 02 September 2021