Where do alliances come from?. The effects of upper echelons on alliance formation

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-514

  Kim, Jerry W ^a   Higgins, Monica C ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance formation; Careers; Homophily; Status

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ALLIANCE FORMATION; ALLIANCES; CAREERS; HOMOPHILY; STATUS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247610287     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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