Strategic technology management in a mid-corporate firm: The case of Otter Controls

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-536

  Jones, Oswald ^a   Smith, David ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031498210     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00061     Document Type: Article

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