Strategies for technological innovation with learning and adaptation costs

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-67

  Cyert, Richard M ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030517608     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1430-9134.1996.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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