The social underpinnings of absorptive capacity: External knowledge, social networks, and indiviudual innovativeness

Academy of Management 2006 Annual Meeting: Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern, AOM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tortoriello, Marco ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATIVENESS; INTERACTION PATTERN; SOCIAL NETWORK THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PROCESS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL MODELS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84858667500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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