Accelerating the Diffusion of Innovations Using Opinion Leaders

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-67

  Valente, Thomas W ^a   Davis, Rebecca L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0033413057     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956600105     Document Type: Article

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