Bridging ties: A source of firm heterogeneity in competitive capabilities

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1133-1156

  McEvily, Bill ^a,c   Zaheer, Akbar ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging ties; Firm capabilities; Geo graphical clusters; Network resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000295494     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199912)20:12<1133::AID-SMJ74>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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