Interorganizational learning and heterogeneous social structure

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1025-1047

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Innovations; Learning theory; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844454944     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605053539     Document Type: Article

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