Collaborative brokerage, generative creativity, and creative success

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-475

  Fleming, Lee ^a   Mingo, Santiago ^a   Chen, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38049047122     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.52.3.443     Document Type: Article

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