Network pictures as a research device: Developing a tool to capture actors' perceptions in organizational networks

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-464

  Ramos, Carla ^a,b   Ford, Ivan David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Business network; Network picture; Research tool; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952487561     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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