The evolutionary theory of the firm: Routines, complexity and change
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Keywords
theory of the firm; complexity; routines; change of routines;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2005-03-06 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-EVO-2005-03-06 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2005-03-06 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-INO-2005-03-06 (Innovation)
- NEP-MIC-2005-03-06 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PKE-2005-03-06 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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