Pharmaceutical discovery as a complex system of decisions: The case of front-loaded experimentation

E:CO Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 40-56

  van Dyck, Walter ^a   Allen, Peter M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749078801     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
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