Industrial marketing firms and knowledge transfer: Toward a basic typology of community structures

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Mudambi, Susan M ^a   Oliva, Terence A ^a   Thomas, Ellen F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Industrial marketing; Knowledge transfer; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449239020     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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