Where do creative interactions come from? The role of tie content and social networks

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Sosa, Manuel E ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Creativity; Dyadic analysis; Knowledge diversity; Social networks; Tie strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851476625     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0519     Document Type: Article

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