Network defense: Pruning, grafting, and closing to prevent leakage of strategic knowledge to rivals

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1233-1260

  Hernandez, Exequiel ^a   Sanders, Wm Gerard ^b   Tuschke, Anja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84939523483     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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