Why managers need an evolutionary theory of organizations

Strategic Organization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-211

  Richerson, Peter J ^a   Collins, Dwight ^b   Genet, Russell M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Presidio School of Management   (United States)

^c Orion Institute   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 84993687318     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127006064069     Document Type: Editorial

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