Really dealing: A critical perspective on inter-organizational exchange networks

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-65

  Vincent, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crittcai realism; Institutionalism; Networks; Resource dependency; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844607045     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005051283     Document Type: Review

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