Location behaviour and relationship stability in international business networks : evidence from the automotive industry / Bart Kamp.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-208) and index.

Theoretical and empirical research literature review -- Conceptual framework and hypotheses -- Empirical research methodology and reporting structure -- Empirical results with respect to Volkswagen Navarra -- Empirical results with respect to Fasa-Renault Valladolid -- Discussion of research results and conclusions -- Appendix A: Assessment of longevity, change types, and nationalities involved in the research cases.

This new book investigates how the relationships of international business networks (one buyer-multiple buyers) develop over time, looking at the geographical angle as well as an actor composition point of view. Bart Kamp presents a framework that reveals what business-to-business (b2b) factors explain buyer-supplier co-location patterns, making it possible to predict the geographical behaviour of suppliers, and also assesses whether longevity is truly the deep-rooted feature of international b2b network relationships that it is often claimed to be.