A Board's Journey into Complexity Science: Lessons from (and for) Staff and Board Members

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-303

  Zimmerman, Brenda ^a   Hayday, Bryan ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Innovaction   (Canada)

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EID: 0043139099     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008709903070     Document Type: Article

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