Interorganizational networks at the network nevel: A review of the empirical literature on whole networks

Journal of Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-516

  Provan, Keith G ^a   Fish, Amy ^a   Sydow, Joerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interorganizational networks; Network level of analysis; Networks; Whole networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248632502     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307302554     Document Type: Review

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