Personal networks and firm competitive strategy-A strategic or coincidental match?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 281-305

  Ostgaard, Tone A ^a   Birley, Sue ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000431803     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-9026(94)90009-4     Document Type: Article

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