Innovators, imitators, and the evolving architecture of problem-solving networks

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 648-666

  Chang, Myong Hun ^a   Harrington Jr , Joseph E ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Connector; Imitator; Innovator; Network architecture; Problem solving networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349132954     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0245     Document Type: Article

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