Knowledge specialization, knowledge brokerage and the uneven growth of technology domains

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 607-642

  Carnabuci, Gianluca ^b   Bruggeman, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Management   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77149140806     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0257     Document Type: Article

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