Response-time measurement of group purchasing-decision power structures

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 711-719

  Marshall, Roger ^a   Reday, Peter Alan ^b   Woonbong, Na ^c   Agrawal, Shashank Shekhar ^d  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buying center; Power assessment; Response time; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248582425     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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