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A Model for Corporate Productivity

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There is an emerging school of thought that presumes the existence within a corporate structure of a cognitive microeconomy (P. Bourgine, 1992). Its dynamics obeys predictable rules (A. Newell, 1990) that can be quantified. Our purpose here is to verify the existence of such a behaviour by checking the validity of a model for the rate of growth of productive capacity per individual of a corporation and to consider the consequences of such a relation.

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  1. Instituts Internationaux de Physique et de Chimie Fondés par E. Solvay, Campus Plaine CP 231, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgique

    J. Solvay & M. Sanglier

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  1. J. Solvay
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  1. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People’s Republic of China

    Fukang Fang

  2. Instituts Internationaux de Physique et de Chimie Fondés par E. Solvay, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine CP 231 Bd. du Triomphe, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Michèle Sanglier

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Solvay, J., Sanglier, M. (1997). A Model for Corporate Productivity. In: Fang, F., Sanglier, M. (eds) Complexity and Self-Organization in Social and Economic Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 449. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48406-3_13

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