Are small world networks always best for innovation?

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Kastelle, Tim ^a   Steen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication networks; complex network analysis; Innovation output; knowledge sharing; network evolution; networks; small world structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049523003     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.12.1.75     Document Type: Article

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