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EconomicsTheory of the firmPsychologyBehavioral economicsMicroeconomicsMathematical economics

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Year: 1964
Type: article
Volume: 32
Issue: 3
Pages: 461-461
Citations: 8018
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                                    Richard H. Day, 
                                
                                    Richard M. Cyert, 
                                
                                    James G. March
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1964). 
                            A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. 
                            Econometrica
                            , 32
                            (3)
                            , 461-461.
                            https://doi.org/10.2307/1913056
                        

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DOI: 10.2307/1913056

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