Propositions about novelty

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 311-320

  Witt, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Evolution; Knowledge growth; Novelty; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249160142     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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