Bridge decay

Social Networks

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-363

  Burt, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Change; Management; Social capital; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036788695     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(02)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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