Complexity and systems thinking

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 31-52

  Merali, Yasmin ^a   Allen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873140526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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