(When) do organizations have social capital?

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-280

  Sorenson, Olav ^a   Rogan, Michelle ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Economic sociology; Embeddedness; Interorganizational networks; Network ownership; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905270863     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043222     Document Type: Article

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