Knowledge management and complexity

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 436-453

  Boisot, Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84938666319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n25     Document Type: Chapter

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