Simon and Polanyi on rationality and knowledge

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 933-955

  Miller, Kent D ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Creativity; Epistemology; Ethics; Knowledge management; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249115373     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608090532     Document Type: Article

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