Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90646 
Year of Publication: 
2013
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[Journal:] jbm - Journal of Business Market Management [Volume:] 6 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Freie Universität Berlin, Marketing-Department [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 228-253
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Marketing-Department, Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper addresses sustainable development through the lens of the Viable Systems Approach (VSA), a theoretical approach developed by, among others, Golinelli (2000, 2005, 2010) and Barile (2000, 2008, 2009) to extend the relative reflections of the governing processes of a firm by focusing on the research of consonance within the specific context in which the firm operates. In fact, the aim to ensure a sustainable value proposition, and therefore be more competitive, can only be achieved if one understands and anticipates the evolution of the emerging contingencies while still attempting to exploit one's own distinctive features over time. These issues have particular relevance in business to business (B2B) socio-economic relationships where all of the elements are homeostatically balanced and must constantly change to adapt to the external contingencies, and the lack of ability to adapt and maintain balance could harm or end the relationship.
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Sustainability
Viable Systems Approach
B2B relationships
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