Network memory: The influence of past and current networks on performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 893-906

  Soda, Giuseppe ^a,c   Usai, Alessandro ^a,d   Zaheer, Akbar ^b,e,f  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Cinecittá Holding   (Italy)

^e Cinecittá Holding ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 11844302860     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159629     Document Type: Article

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