Adaptation as Information Restriction: The Hot Stove Effect

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 523-538

  Denrell, Jerker ^a   March, James G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Change; Exploration; Innovation; Organizational Learning; Risk Taking; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605178     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.5.523.10092     Document Type: Article

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