Reinterpreting 'generic structure': Evolution, application and limitations of a concept

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-120

  Lane, David C ^a,b,c,d   Smart, Chris ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Shell International ^*

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EID: 0003054006     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1727(199622)12:2<87::AID-SDR98>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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