On intersecting ground: the changing structure of US corporate networks

Social Network Analysis and Mining

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Mani, Dalhia ^a   Knoke, David ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Interorganizational network; Joint ventures; Network evolution; Overall network structure; Ownership ties

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK; JOINT VENTURES; NETWORK EVOLUTION; OVERALL NETWORKS; OWNERSHIP TIES;

EID: 84904570005     PISSN: 18695450     EISSN: 18695469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13278-010-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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