Recombinant search and breakthrough idea generation: An analysis of high impact papers in the social sciences

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1321-1331

  Schilling, Melissa A ^a   Green, Elad ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough; Innovation; Insight; Knowledge networks; Recombinant search; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH; INSIGHT; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; RECOMBINANT SEARCH; SMALL WORLD NETWORKS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 80255129721     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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