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Problem-Solving Behaviours, Organisational Forms and the Complexity of Tasks

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  • Giovanni Dosi
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  • Luigi Marengo

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  • Giovanni Dosi & Mike Hobday & Luigi Marengo, 2000. "Problem-Solving Behaviours, Organisational Forms and the Complexity of Tasks," LEM Papers Series 2000/06, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
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