Decomposability in knowledge structures and its impact on the usefulness of inventions and knowledge-base malleability

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-362

  Yayavaram, Sai ^a   Ahuja, Gautam ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 51549108378     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.53.2.333     Document Type: Article

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