@InProceedings{mueller08a,
  author =	 {Rolf A. E. Mueller and Doreen Buergelt and Linda Seidel-lass},
  title =	 {Supply Chains And Social Network Analysis},
  booktitle =	 {110th Seminar for the European Association of
                  Agricultural Economists},
  year =	 2008,
  abstract =	 {Judged by its currency, the supply chain is one of
                  the more successful metaphors in economics. The
                  metaphor borrows from mechanics the idea of the
                  chain, that is something that consists of elements
                  that are linked to each of their two immediate
                  neighbors and which jointly provide a strong but
                  flexible connection. The metaphor transplants the
                  chain-idea into the sphere of economics where,}
}