Structural homophily or social asymmetry? the formation of alliances by poorly embedded firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 941-958

  Ahuja, Gautam ^a   Polidoro Jr , Francisco ^b   Mitchell, Will ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Interfirm collaboration; Interorganizational networks; Joint ventures

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FIRMS; EMBEDDEDNESS; HOMOPHILY; INFLUENCE NETWORKS; INTERFIRM COLLABORATION; INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; JOINT VENTURES; LONGITUDINAL DATA; NETWORK STRUCTURES;

EID: 68249155101     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.774     Document Type: Article

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