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Towards organisational simplexity — a simple structure in a complex environment

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2019-0032 | Journal eISSN: 2543-912X | Journal ISSN: 2543-6597
Language: English
Page range: 43 - 53
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2019
Published on: Dec 18, 2019
Published by: Bialystok University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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