Cooperation in Stakeholder Networks: Firms' 'Tertius Iungens' Role

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 623-637

  Garriga, Elisabet ^a  

^a EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

case study; cooperation; relational data; role of the firm; stakeholder networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957283603     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0596-9     Document Type: Article

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