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NETWORKING
Innovation and ideas
Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to consider what we mean by networking, and to think about the different ways by which networking may advance ideas and new ways of working. Issues and concepts introduced here will be considered and discussed further in later chapters. Thus, the chapter acts as an overview of some of the salient characteristics, issues and problems of networking in theory and practice.
A significant issue in writing this book is agreeing exactly what networking is and what it is not (Möller and Halinen, 2017). Therefore, this chapter offers our definition of networking, and goes onto discussing the implications and challenges that arise from our definition ...
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