System dynamics projects that failed to make an impact

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-452

  Größler, Andreas ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949210699     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.365     Document Type: Article

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