Managing medical technology: hospitals and innovation in the biomedical industry in Australia

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 281-295

  Marceau, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomedical device innovation; Biomedical innovation; sectoral innovation systems; user producer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000706524     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2000.001081     Document Type: Article

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