Information and structural holes: comment on Reagans and Zuckerman
Industrial and Corporate ChangePublished 7 August 2008
Ronald S. Burt
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Journal Article Information and structural holes: comment on Reagans and Zuckerman Get access Ronald S. Burt Ronald S. Burt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2008, Pages 953–969, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtn033 Published: 28 August 2008
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