Overcoming network overload and redundancy in interorganizational networks: The roles of potential and latent ties

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 511-528

  Mariotti, Francesca ^a   Delbridge, Rick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploration; Interorganizational ties; Network evolution; Network overload; Potential and latent ties; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863108169     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0634     Document Type: Article

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