Self-organization and economics - What is new?

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-507

  Witt, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factors of production; Growth theory; Market coordination; Self organization; Technological change

Indexed keywords

SELF-ORGANIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031419655     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(97)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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