Application of system dynamics to corporate strategy: An evolution of issues and frameworks

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 137-156

  Weil, Henry Birdseye ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 36349022190     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.373     Document Type: Article

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