Two kinds of order: Thoughts on the theory of the firm

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-173

  Khalil, Elias L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Organism; Organization order; Structure order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033160043     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(99)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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