Towards A Network Perspective On Organizational Decline

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue , 1997, Pages 111-155

  Uzzi, Brian ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993079063     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb013318     Document Type: Review

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