Actor-networking stakeholder theory for today's corporate communications

Corporate Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-67

  Luoma aho, Vilma ^a   Paloviita, Ari ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Networking; Stakeholder analysis; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649120055     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281011016831     Document Type: Article

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