When times collide: Temporal brokerage at the intersection of markets and developments

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 618-648

  Reinecke, Juliane ^a   Ansari, Shaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84946160956     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.1004     Document Type: Article

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