The quantitative journey in a qualitative landscape: Developing a data collection model and a quantitative methodology in business network studies

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 564-577

  Baraldi, Enrico ^a   Bocconcelli, Roberta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data collection; Europe; Furniture industry; Networks; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133694     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740110403525     Document Type: Article

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