Not all bridging ties are equal: Network imprinting and firm growth in the nashville legal industry, 1933-1978

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 547-563

  McEvily, Bill ^a   Jaffee, Jonathan ^b   Tortoriello, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organizational Ecology; Organizational Learning; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863088717     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0633     Document Type: Article

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