Agency and structure: A social simulation of knowledge-intensive industries

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Ahrweiler, Petra ^a   Gilbert, Nigel ^b   Pyka, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based social simulation; Innovation networks; Innovation systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955694700     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-010-9081-3     Document Type: Article

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