How do networks matter? The performance effects of interorganizational networks

Research in Organizational Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue , 2011, Pages 207-224

  Gulati, Ranjay ^a   Lavie, Dovev ^b   Madhavan, Ravindranath ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 82955163217     PISSN: 01913085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2011.09.005     Document Type: Review

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