Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Reagans, Ray ^b   McEvily, Bill ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0348198954     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3556658     Document Type: Article

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