Getting known by the company you keep: Publicizing the qualifications and former associations of skilled employees

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-106

  Roberts, Peter W ^a   Khaire, Mukti ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SKILLED LABOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 60749117193     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn045     Document Type: Article

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