Light bulbs and change: Systems thinking and organisational learning for new ventures

Learning Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-509

  Hebel, Misha ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business formation; Entrepreneurship; Learning; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848864629     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470710825114     Document Type: Article

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