Guest Editors' Introduction: Co-evolutionary Dynamics within and between Firms: From Evolution to Co-evolution

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2111-2136

  Volberda, Henk W ^a   Lewin, Arie Y ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345412624     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-6486.2003.00414.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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