Generalized Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics: From Ontology to Theory

Biological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-337

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Evolution; Evolutionary economics; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897035198     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-012-0043-5     Document Type: Article

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