An empirical investigation of organizational memetic variation

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-164

  Shepherd, Jill ^a   McKelvey, Bill ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical meme research; Environmental change; Knowledge; Memes; Open source innovation; Organizational innovation; Variation

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949131087     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-009-9061-1     Document Type: Article

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