The positive externalities of social capital: Benefiting from senior brokers

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1213-1231

  Galunic, Charles ^a   Ertug, Gokhan ^b   Gargiulo, Martin ^a  

^a INSEAD ^*  (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84879642359     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0827     Document Type: Article

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