Social capital, intellectual capital, and the organizational advantage

Knowledge and Social Capital

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-158

  Nahapiet, Janine ^a   Ghoshal, Sumantra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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