The Art of Continuous Change: Linking Complexity Theory and Time-Paced Evolution in Relentlessly Shifting Organizations
Administrative Science QuarterlyPublished 1 March 1997
Shona L. Brown, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt
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Shona L. Brown, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, The Art of Continuous Change: Linking Complexity Theory and Time-Paced Evolution in Relentlessly Shifting Organizations, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 1-34
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