Social Networks of Researchers in B2B Marketing: A Case Study of the IMP Group 1984–1999

Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-34

  Morlacchi, P ^a   Wilkinson, I F ^b   Young, L C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co authorship patterns; Imp Group; Invisible Colleges; Social Network Analysis; Social networks of researchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750248580     PISSN: 1051712X     EISSN: 15470628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J033v12n01_02     Document Type: Article

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