Information processing and organizational structure

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-294

  DeCanio, Stephen J ^a   Watkins, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational complexity; Optimization; Organizational behavior; Technological diffusion; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001161226     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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