The role of ego network structure in facilitating ego network innovations

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 22-46

  Carnovale, Steven ^a   Yeniyurt, Sengun ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival data; Ego network; Joint ventures; Network innovation; Supply chain innovation; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924873667     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12075     Document Type: Article

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