Ivan Snehota (1946-2022) was an Italian organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Marketing at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the

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, known for his work in the field of

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s with

Håkan Håkansson Håkan Håkansson (born 1947) is a Swedish organizational theorist, and Professor of International Management at the BI Norwegian Business School, known for his work on business networks. Biography Håkansson attended the Technical High School i ...

and others.

Biography

Snehota obtained his PhD in Business Administration at the

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in 1990 with the thesis, entitled "Notes on a Theory of Business Enterprise."Baraldi, Enrico, et al.
IMP2007 Conference
" Snehota started his academic career as lecturer at the University of Uppsala from 1971 to 1979. After his graduation he returned to Italy, where he worked in industry in management positions and as management consultant until 1990. In that period he was also lecturer in Marketing at the

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and at the

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business school. In 1991 he returned to the University of Uppsala as Associate Professor, and in 1996 moved to the

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where he was coordinator of the Department of Marketing, Distribution and Industry Dynamics. In the new millennium he was appointed Professor of Marketing at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the

.Ivan Snehota profile
at ''search.usi.ch.'' Accessed 29.01.2015. His research interests are in the field of "the development and

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, the business development, operation and dynamics of industrial markets and business-to-business - themes that developed in the research and in... of professional training programs in various corporate and European Business Schools."

Selected publications

* Snehota, Ivan, IMP Group. ''International marketing and purchasing of industrial goods: An interaction approach.'' (1982). * Snehota, Ivan (1990), ''Notes on a Theory of Business Enterprise,'' Doctoral Thesis, Uppsala University * Snehota, Ivan, and

, eds.
Developing relationships in business networks
'' Londres: Routledge, 1995. * Ford, David,

Lars-Erik Gadde Lars-Erik Gadde (born 1945) is a Swedish organizational theorist and Professor of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is known for his work on business networks, professional purchasing ...

, Håkan Håkansson, and Ivan Snehota. "Managing business relationships." (2003). * Håkansson, H., Ford, D., Gadde, L. E., Snehota, I., & Waluszewski, A. (2009). ''Business in networks.'' John Wiley & Sons,. Articles, a selection * Håkansson, Håkan, and Ivan Snehota. "No business is an island: the network concept of business strategy." ''Scandinavian journal of management'' 5.3 (1989): 187–200. * Gadde, Lars-Erik, and Ivan Snehota.
Making the most of supplier relationships
" ''Industrial Marketing Management'' 29.4 (2000): 305–316.

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Ivan Snehota
at University of Lugano {{DEFAULTSORT:Snehota, Ivan 1946 births 2022 deaths Italian business theorists Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of the University of Lugano Academic staff of Bocconi University Academic staff of the University of Turin