Initial environmental conditions and technological change

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-262

  Zyglidopoulos, Stelios ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033096040     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00135     Document Type: Article

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