Markets as networks: Implications for strategy-making

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-491

  Johanson, Jan ^a   Vahlne, Jan Erik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business networks; Business relationships; Commitment; Learning; Strategic change; Strategy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961209290     PISSN: 00920703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-010-0235-0     Document Type: Article

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