Decision making in inter-firm networks as a political process

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Ulf, Elg ^a   Johansson, Ulf ^a  

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Author keywords

Decision process; Food industry; Inter firm networks; Multi dimensional power; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040512911     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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