Exploring the locus of invention: The dynamics of network communities and firms' invention productivity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 249-279

  Sytch, Maxim ^a   Tatarynowicz, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84900420121     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0655     Document Type: Article

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