Of chaos and complexity: Managerial insights from a new science

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-218

  Lissack, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969850     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710169413     Document Type: Article

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