Dominant metaphors in the IMP network discourse: 'The network as a marriage' and 'the network as a business system'

International Business Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-107

  Alajoutsijärvi, Kimmo ^a   Eriksson, Päivi ^b   Tikkanen, Henrikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Industrial International Marketing and Purchasing group; Metaphors; Relationships and networks research

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044402453     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(00)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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