Social Networks and Non-Market Strategy

Mahon, J.F., Heugens, P. P. M. A. R., and Lamertz, K., 2003. Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 4 (2): 170-189

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John F. Mahon

University of Maine; University of Maine - School of Business

Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Kai Lamertz

Concordia University, Quebec - Department of Management

Date Written: October 2003

Abstract

To date, the field of non-market strategy has little to offer in the way of an integrated perspective on the simultaneous management of strategic issues and corporate stakeholders. This paper employs social network analysis to make a number of theoretically grounded conjectures about the delicate relationships between stakeholder behavior and issue evolution. It is found that social network analysis has the potential to enrich and integrate theoretical perspectives in the field of non-market strategy, offering solutions to a set of previously unresolved puzzles.

Keywords: social networks, non-market strategy, issues management, stakeholder management, public affairs

JEL Classification: M10, M14, M19

Suggested Citation

Mahon, John F. and Heugens, Pursey P.M.A.R. and Lamertz, Kai, Social Networks and Non-Market Strategy (October 2003). Mahon, J.F., Heugens, P. P. M. A. R., and Lamertz, K., 2003. Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 4 (2): 170-189, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2267170

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