Structural vs. relational embeddedness: Social capital and managerial performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1129-1151

  Moran, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Managerial performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

MANAGER'S NETWORK; MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE; RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 27544446016     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.486     Document Type: Review

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