Organizing and Evaluating Interfirm Networks: A Structurationist Perspective on Network Processes and Effectiveness

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-284

  Sydow, Jörg ^a   Windeler, Arnold ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics; Evaluation; Management; Network; Organization; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032378371     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.3.265     Document Type: Article

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