Seeking knowledge or gaining legitimacy? Role of social networks on new practice adoption by OEM suppliers

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 824-831

  Cheng, Hsiang Lin ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New practice adoption; OEM supplier; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954216534     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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