Bringing Personalized Ties Back In: Their Added Value for Biotech Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists Interorganizational Networks

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-292

  Pina Stranger, Alvaro ^a   Lazega, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

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EID: 79954620929     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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