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- ↑ Aldrich, Howard. Organizations evolving. Sage, 1999.
- 1 2 3 "Patricia H. Thornton bio" (PDF). fuqua.duke.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
- ↑ "Best Paper Award".
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