业务关系中的不可抗力

IF 10.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115409

Davide Burkhart, Christoph Bode

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摘要

管理文献传统上将商业关系中的“不可抗力”视为外生事件的结果，即人类无法控制的外部不可预见和不可抗拒的灾难的结果。然而，最近的事件表明，除了为真正的不可抗力事件造成的不履约辩解之外，公司经常援引不可抗力来达到其他目的。利用期望违背理论，采用顺序实证研究设计——包括对焦点公司不可抗力声明的分析、半结构化访谈和实验——本研究考察了买方-供应商关系中与不可抗力相关的期望和结果。与现有文献相反，我们的研究结果表明，在某些情况下，不可抗力声明被用作解决业务关系中其他潜在问题的借口或战略工具。我们的研究拓宽了对商业关系中不可抗力声明的理解，为有效应对与不可抗力相关的挑战提供了重要的管理见解。

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Force majeure in business relationships

The management literature traditionally views ‘force majeure’ in business relationships as the result of exogenous events, that is, the consequence of external unforeseeable and irresistible catastrophes outside of human control. Yet, recent events suggest that companies frequently invoke force majeure for purposes beyond excusing non-performance due to genuine force majeure events. Drawing on expectancy violation theory and employing a sequential empirical research design – including an analysis of force majeure declarations at a focal firm, semi-structured interviews, and an experiment – this study examines the expectations and outcomes associated with force majeure in buyer–supplier relationships. Contrary to the extant literature, our findings suggest that force majeure declarations are, under certain conditions, used as a pretext or strategic tool to address other underlying issues in the business relationship. Our study broadens the understanding of force majeure declarations in business relationships offers significant managerial insights for effectively navigating force majeure-related challenges.

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Journal of Business Research BUSINESS-

CiteScore

20.30

自引率

10.60%

发文量

956

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