Where do small worlds come from?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 697-725

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Shipilov, Andrew V ^a   Rowley, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INVESTMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE SECTOR;

CANADA;

EID: 0041424812     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.4.697     Document Type: Article

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