Construction principles and design rules in the case of circular design

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-297

  Romme, A Georges L ^a   Endenburg, Gerard ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circular design; Construction principles; Design rules; Experimentation; Organization design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645582568     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0169     Document Type: Article

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