Self-emerging coordination mechanisms for knowledge integration processes

Mind and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-241

  Mollona, Edoardo ^a   Marcozzi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Computer simulation; Cooperation; Dynamic organization networks; Knowledge management; Knowledge based economy; Peer to peer system; Task allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350362265     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-009-0057-2     Document Type: Article

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