Crisis communications management on the web: How Internet-based technologies are changing the way public relations professionals handle business crises

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-153

  González Herrero, Alfonso ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^b  

^a IBM   (Spain)

^b Text 100 EMEA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 49049102096     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2008.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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