The configuration of actors in market practice

Marketing Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-90

  Andersson, Per ^a   Aspenberg, Katarina ^a   Kjellberg, Hans ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

actants; actor configuration; market actors; market agency; market practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992775897     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593107086485     Document Type: Article

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