The search-transfer problem: The role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-111

  Hansen, Morten T ^a  

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EID: 0033247480     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667032     Document Type: Article

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