Technology brokering and innovation in a product development firm

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 716-749

  Hargadon, Andrew ^b   Sutton, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031498046     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393655     Document Type: Article

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