The genesis and dynamics of organizational networks

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-448

  Ahuja, Gautam ^a   Soda, Giuseppe ^b   Zaheer, Akbar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Economics and organization; Interorganizational relationships; Organization and management theory; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863101224     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0695     Document Type: Article

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