Why knowledge does not equal power: The network redundancy trade-off

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 903-944

  Reagans, Ray E ^a   Zuckerman, Ezra W ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); KNOWLEDGE; MONOPOLY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 54649084846     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn036     Document Type: Article

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