Information and structural holes: Comment on Reagans and Zuckerman

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 953-969

  Burt, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 54749087578     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn033     Document Type: Note

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