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Challenges and Tools for Mapping and Managing an Organization’s Relationships Networks

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Joao Duarte explores concepts, knowledge and techniques available to professionals prior to strategy definition. He concentrates on applying network analysis techniques as a fundamental part of effective stakeholder governance practice, also providing a comprehensive description from literature of the fuzzy and ever-changing concepts of publics, stakeholders and stakeholder publics. The conclusions produce highly relevant implications for strategy design and execution.

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Duarte, J. (2014). Challenges and Tools for Mapping and Managing an Organization’s Relationships Networks. In: Global Stakeholder Relationships Governance: An Infrastructure. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137396822_4

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