Preferences, identity, and competition: Predicting tie strength from demographic data

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1374-1383

  Reagans, Ray ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversity; Homophily; Identity; Organizational demography

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; HOMOPHILY; IDENTITY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY;

COMPETITION; FUNCTIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 25844440149     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0389     Document Type: Article

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