Information gathering through alliances

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-194

  Letterie, Wilko ^a   Hagedoorn, John ^a   van Kranenburg, Hans ^b   Palm, Franz ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Direct and indirect ties; Redundant information; Social and economic networks; Technology alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349121795     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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