Decision Making in Inter-firm Networks as a Political Process

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-384

  Elg, Ulf ^a   Johansson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

decision process; Descriptors: inter firm networks; food industry; multi dimensional power; resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990347697     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800302     Document Type: Article

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