The Naturalist view of Universal Darwinism: An application to the evolutionary theory of the firm

Complexity and the Economy: Implications for Economic Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 127-147

  Stoelhorst, J W ^a  

^a University of Amsterdam Business School   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881833910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428044.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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