Decentralized organizational learning: An experimental investigation

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1178-1205

  Blume, Andreas ^a   Duffy, John ^a   Franco, April M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 74949104879     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1178     Document Type: Article

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