Imitative behavior: Network antecedents and performance consequences

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 25, Issue , 2008, Pages 531-560

  Soda, Giuseppe ^a   Zaheer, Akbar ^a   Carlone, Alessandra ^a  

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EID: 49749097097     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(08)25015-1     Document Type: Review

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