The underemphasized role of established firms as the sources of major innovations

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1181-1203

  Methé, David ^a   Swaminathan, Anand ^a   Mitchell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0008529018     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.4.1181     Document Type: Article

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