Effect of delays on complexity of organizational learning

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1297-1312

  Rahmandad, Hazhir ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Delay; Heterogeneity; Organizational learning; Path dependence; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DELAY; HETEROGENEITY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PATH DEPENDENCE; SIMULATION;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 61849164071     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0870     Document Type: Article

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