The evolution of organizational conventions and gains from diversity

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-426

  Aoki, Masahiko ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005220341     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/7.3.399     Document Type: Article

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