The network as knowledge: Generative rules and the emergence of structure

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-425

  Kogut, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Networks; Rent distributors; Value of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000339127     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200003)21:3<405::AID-SMJ103>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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