Organizing diversity: Evolutionary theory, network analysis and postsocialism

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-544

  Grabher, Gernot ^a   Stark, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Evolutionary theory; Networks; Postsocialism; Regional development

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POST-COMMUNISM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EUROPE, (EAST);

EID: 0031446925     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750132315     Document Type: Article

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