Social capital for hire? Mobility of technical professionals and firm influence in wireless standards committees

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-695

  Dokko, Gina ^a   Rosenkopf, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interorganizational networks; Job mobility; Social capital; Technical standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957009241     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0470     Document Type: Article

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