Memetics: on a Conceptual Framework for Cultural Evolution
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The aim of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for the selective memetic evolution of strategies belonging to large organizations. The framework was designed as a basis for further research on policy formation processes. This research hopes to enhance our understanding of such processes, ultimately in order to design more efficient policy processes. This framework draws on analogies between memetic and genetic evolutionary processes, put forward by Dawkins (1974; 1989) and developed by David Hull (1980; 1988a, b).
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