Institutional adaptiveness, technology policy, and the diffusion of new business models: The case of German biotechnology

Organization Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 887-914

  Casper, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Entrepreneurialism; Institutional theory; National systems of innovation; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004450208     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840600215003     Document Type: Article

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