Sense-making and management in business networks - some observations, considerations, and a research agenda

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Henneberg, Stephan C ^a   Naudé, Peter ^a   Mouzas, Stefanos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business network; Business relationships; Cognition; Research agenda; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951258216     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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