Streams of thought: Knowledge flows and intellectual cohesion in a multidisciplinary era

Social Forces

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1687-1722

  Rawlings, Craig M ^a   McFarland, Daniel A ^b   Dahlander, Linus ^c   Wang, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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EID: 84930718689     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sov004     Document Type: Article

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