Agency in action: Entrepreneurs' networking style and initiation of economic exchange

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 492-510

  Vissa, Balagopal ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Network evolution; Networking behaviors; Personal networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861012607     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0567     Document Type: Article

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