The prince and the pauper: Search and brokerage in the initiation of status-heterophilous ties

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1418-1434

  Shipilov, Andrew V ^a   Li, Stan Xiao ^b   Greve, Henrich R ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory of firm; Brokerage; Economic sociology; Interorganizational relationships; Longitudinal research design; Network analysis; Organization and management theory; Performance feedback; Strategic alliances networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455188642     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0594     Document Type: Article

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