Value of strong ties to disconnected others: Examining knowledge creation in biomedicine

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-564

  McFadyen, M Ann ^a   Semadeni, Matthew ^b   Cannella Jr , Albert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange networks; Knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349134807     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0388     Document Type: Article

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