Two's company, three's a crowd? Triads in cooperative-competitive networks

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 918-927

  Madhavan, Ravindranath ^a,d   Gnyawali, Devi R ^b,e   Jinyu, H E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

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EID: 11844267199     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159631     Document Type: Article

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