Constructivism and critical realism as alternative approaches to the study of business networks: Convergences and divergences in theory and in research practice

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-346

  Peters, Linda D ^a   Pressey, Andrew D ^b   Vanharanta, Markus ^c   Johnston, Wesley J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Unit D   (Hong Kong)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Critical realism; Ontology; Research practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877818037     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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