Dual signals: How competition makes or breaks interfirm social ties

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 498-512

  Trapido, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquaintance; Collegiality; Competition; Conflict of goals; Drug development; Friendship; Signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877662195     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0740     Document Type: Article

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