From exaptation to radical niche construction in biological and technological complex systems

Complexity

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 7-14

  Andriani, Pierpaolo ^a   Cohen, Jack ^b  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Exaptation; Innovation; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878460982     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.21450     Document Type: Article

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