Social structure and competition in interfirm networks: The paradox of embeddedness

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-67

  Uzzi, Brian ^a  

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EID: 0031094434     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393808     Document Type: Article

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