Social Capital and Opportunity in Corporate R&D: The Contingent Effect of Contact Density on Mobility Expectations

Social Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-217

  Gabbay, Shaul M ^a   Zuckerman, Ezra W ^a  

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EID: 0000903294     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.1998.0620     Document Type: Article

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