Structural holes and managerial performance: Identifying the underlying mechanisms

Social Networks

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-179

  Rodan, Simon ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovativeness; Knowledge heterogeneity; Network structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953540909     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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