Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-125

  Walker, Gordon ^a   Kogut, Bruce ^a   Shan, Weijian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Network Formation; Social Capital; Social Network; Structural Holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031492784     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.2.109     Document Type: Article

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