The sources and consequences of embeddedness for the economic performance of organizations: The network effect

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 674-698

  Uzzi, Brian ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMBEDDEDNESS; NETWORK STRUCTURE;

USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0030424744     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096399     Document Type: Article

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