Economic opportunity and evolution: Beyond landscapes and bounded rationality

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 269-282

  Felin, Teppo ^a   Kauffman, Stuart ^b   Koppl, Roger ^c   Longo, Giuseppe ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic opportunity; Entrepreneurship; Novelty; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908586717     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1184     Document Type: Article

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