Strategies for the acquisition of market intelligence and implications for the transferability of information inputs

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 451-470

  Cornish, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal networks; Information inputs; Market intelligence

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICES; INFORMATION ACCESS; MARKET INTELLIGENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

EID: 0031422181     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00063     Document Type: Article

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