Representing change: A system model of organizational inertia and capabilities as dynamic accumulation processes

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 5-7, 2002, Pages 271-296

  Larsen, Erik ^a   Lomi, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Inertia; Organizational theory; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAPABILITIES; INERTIA; ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY; SIMULATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 1642363118     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-190X(02)00085-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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