Network structure and innovation ambiguity effects on diffusion in dynamic organizational fields

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 938-951

  Gibbons, Deborah E ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 11844296698     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159633     Document Type: Article

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