Econophysics and companies: Statistical life and death in complex business networks

Econophysics and Companies: Statistical Life and Death in Complex Business Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-234

  Aoyama, Hideaki ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshi ^b   Ikeda, Yuichi ^c   Iyetomi, Hiroshi ^d   Souma, Wataru ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84925038638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511761157     Document Type: Book

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