Social capital and learning advantages: A problem of absorptive capacity

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-233

  Hughes, Mathew ^a   Morgan, Robert E ^b   Ireland, R Duane ^c   Hughes, Paul ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Entrepreneurial firms; Learning advantages of newness; Network based learning; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892179587     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1162     Document Type: Article

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