Heading toward a society of networks: Empirical developments and theoretical challenges

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-210

  Raab, Jörg ^a   Kenis, Patrick ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Network identity; Network theory; Social organization; Whole networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949161608     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609337493     Document Type: Article

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