Working alone together: Coordination in collaboration across domains of expertise

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-83

  Bruns, Hille C ^a  

^a VU University   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84879643673     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0756     Document Type: Article

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