Network effects on organizational decision-making: Blended social mechanisms and IPO withdrawal

Social Networks

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-17

  Owen Smith, Jason ^a   Cotton Nessler, Natalie C ^b   Buhr, Helena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High technology industries; Initial public offering; Inter organizational networks; Multiple networks; Network mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920921038     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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