Asymmetric effects of fashions on the formation and dissolution of networks: Board interlocks with internet companies, 1996-2006

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1114-1134

  Yue, Lori Qingyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Board interlocks; Fashion; Internet firms; Network evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867074522     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0683     Document Type: Article

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