Value appropriation – the concept, essence and mechanisms of appropriation
Value appropriation – the concept, essence and mechanisms of appropriation

Summary/Abstract: The article tackles the problem of appropriation in interorganizational relations. The aim of the publication is to systematize the knowledge on the subject of value appropriation by means of explaining this phenomenon and considering it thoroughly from the perspective of different literature streams and theories. The publication is also supposed to answer the question as to what extent value appropriation constitutes the part of the value creation process. The content of the article is both theoretical and conceptual. The methods applied are : a review of literature in both Polish and English, the model method, the visualisation method, as well as the method of deduction. EBSCO, BazEkon, Proquest, Elsevier, Jstor, Wiley and Emerald databases were used. In the first part of the article, the notion of value appropriation in the organization was explained, also presenting the Value Capture Model and the Value Network Map derived from it. Subsequently, the significance of value appropriation was discussed. Moreover, the notion of value appropriation mechanisms was subject to considerations from the perspective of the leading streams in interorganizational relations management.

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