Extending the Cyert-March Duopoly Model: Organizational and Economic Insights

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 565-585

  Prietula, Michael J ^a   Watson, Harry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Theory; Computational Models; Organizational Decision Making; Organizational Routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034362375     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.5.565.15201     Document Type: Article

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