Path Dependence, Competition, and Succession in the Dynamics of Scientific Revolution

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-341

  Sterman, John D ^a   Wittenberg, Jason ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Complexity; Scientific Revolution; Simulation; Sociology of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423637     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.3.322     Document Type: Article

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