Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formation in a High-Technology Industry

1998/09/01 by Toby E. Stuart · 991 citations
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paper · doi:10.2307/2393679

published in Administrative Science Quarterly 43(3), 668 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Toby E. Stuart, Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formation in a High-Technology Industry, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Sep., 1998), pp. 668-698

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