Do ties really bind? the effect of knowledge and commercialization networks on opposition to standards

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 515-540

  Ranganathan, Ram ^a   Rosenkopf, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84900454488     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.1064     Document Type: Article

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