Life and death along gasoline alley: Darwinian and Lamarckian processes in a differentiating population

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1428-1466

  Usher, John M ^a   Evans, Martin G ^a  

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EID: 0030305358     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/257004     Document Type: Review

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