Rich ties and innovative knowledge transfer within a firm

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 833-848

  Aalbers, Rick ^a   Dolfsma, Wilfred ^b   Koppius, Otto ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84908247388     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12040     Document Type: Article

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