The Logic of Propagation Strategies: Axiomatizing a Fragment of Organizational Ecology in First-Order Logic

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-331

  Péli, Gábor ^a   Masuch, Michael ^a  

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Author keywords

Computer Science; Formal Theory; Logic; Organizational Ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642363760     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.3.310     Document Type: Article

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