Complexity theory and organizing form dualities

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 851-870

  Smith, Aaron C T ^a   Graetz, Fiona ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complexity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746685603     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610680569     Document Type: Article

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