Persistently learning: How small-world network imprints affect subsequent firm learning

Strategic Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 180-199

  Ni Sullivan, Bilian ^a   Tang, Yi ^b   Marquis, Christopher ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Network imprinting; organizational learning; small world networks; venture capital firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907094276     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127014543772     Document Type: Article

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