Managerial ties, organizational learning, and opportunity capture: A social capital perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 271-291

  Li, Yuan ^a,b   Chen, Haowen ^a   Liu, Yi ^b   Peng, Mike W ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploitative learning; Exploratory learning; Managerial ties; New ventures; Opportunity capture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894631099     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9330-8     Document Type: Article

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