...Dhirendra Mani Shukla; M. Akbar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest that business group (BG) networks act as conduits for diffusion of information and resources pertaining to internationalization. It considers three types of BG networks arising from three different types of ties...

... – This study’s findings provide important insights for research on diffusion models of new practices by identifying the social processes during early diffusion, and articulating different effects of status and legitimacy. It further emphasizes the sociopolitical perspectives and social motives of governance...

... practitioners and theorists tend to work. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Communications technology Diffusion Internal communications Management UK Work organization In the past 50 years a number of influential studies have been conducted to establish how managers spend their time. These studies...