Exploring the Role of Network Characteristics, Knowledge Quality, and Inertia on the Evolution of Scientific Networks

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1462-1489

  Demirkan, Irem ^a   Deeds, David L ^b   Demirkan, Sebahattin ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

biotechnology industry; co authorship networks; longitudinal analysis; network dynamics; network evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881043217     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312453739     Document Type: Article

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