Collaborative networks as determinants of knowledge diffusion patterns

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 756-770

  Singh, Jasjit ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Innovation; Interpersonal ties; Knowledge spillovers; Social networks; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS; DETERMINANTS; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION PATTERNS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 20944437611     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0349     Document Type: Article

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