The role of leadership: What management science can give back to the study of complex systems

E:CO Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Solow, Daniel ^a   Szmerekovsky, Joseph G ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845632765     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
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