Strong ties, weak ties and islands: structural and cultural predictors of organizational innovation
Industrial and Corporate ChangePublished 1 June 2002
Martin Ruef
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Journal Article Strong ties, weak ties and islands: structural and cultural predictors of organizational innovation Get access Martin Ruef Martin Ruef Martin Ruef, Department of Sociology, Chapel Hill, NC 27599‐3210, USA. Email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 11, Issue 3, June 2002, Pages 427–449, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.3.427 Published: 01 June 2002
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