Avoiding Complexity Catastrophe in Coevolutionary Pockets: Strategies for Rugged Landscapes

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 294-321

  McKelvey, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Based Modeling; Coevolution; Competitive Advantage; Complexity; Interdependencies; Microstates; Networks; Rugged Landscapes; Value Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472505     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.3.294     Document Type: Article

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