The firm as an interactor: Firms as vehicles for habits and routines

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-307

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Malting House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Firms; Habits; Interactor; Knowledge; Replicator; Routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942737178     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-004-0192-1     Document Type: Review

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