Securing and managing an organization's network legitimacy: The case of Motorola China

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 873-879

  Low, Brian ^a   Johnston, Wesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; China; Network legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949100455     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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