Through the Looking Glass of Complexity: The Dynamics of Organizations as Adaptive and Evolving Systems

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 278-293

  Morel, Benoit ^a   Ramanujam, Rangaraj ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Complex Systems Theory; Computer Simulations; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Evolution; Social Network Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033461701     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.3.278     Document Type: Article

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