The functionality of organizational routines, i.e. the factual value for accomplishing their purposes, is an important … constraint on the capabilities an organization can bring to bear on its operations. Often falling short of its potential, the … actual make-up of organizational routines invites managerial attention. Of the criteria by which the functionality can be …

The functionality of organizational routines, i.e. the factual value for accomplishing their purposes, is an important … constraint on the capabilities an organization can bring to bear on its operations. Often falling short of its potential, the … actual make-up of organizational routines invites managerial attention. Of the criteria by which the functionality can be …

of variation, selection and inheritance. This paper focuses on the emerging application of the Universal Darwinist … that selection and inheritance concepts narrowly construed after the biological example are of limited help in studying …

It is argued that the ‘routines as genes’ analogy is misleading in several respects. Neither genes nor routines program … conscious, deliberate choice. On a proper understanding of ‘gene’ and ‘routine’, knowledge of genes and routines falls far short … of predicting behaviour. Furthermore, conscious, deliberate choice is not ruled out when genes or routines are operating …

of variation, selection and inheritance. This paper focuses on the emerging application of the Universal Darwinist … that selection and inheritance concepts narrowly construed after the biological example are of limited help in studying …

According to the advocates of a Generalized Darwinism (GD), the three core Darwinian principles of variation, selection …

whether the popular variation-retention-selection principle is still up to date. The implications for evolutionary economics … selection is not the predominant factor of evolution, but only one among many. Thus, in evolutionary economics, the question is …