Exaptation and niche construction: Behavioral insights for an evolutionary theory

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 167-179

  Dew, Nicholas ^a   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INNOVATION;

EID: 84960083324     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtv051     Document Type: Article

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