Case study research and network theory: Birds of a feather

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-248

  Gummesson, Evert ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case studies; Complexity theory; Innovation; Quality; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349109263     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465640710835373     Document Type: Article

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