Managing technology as a virtual enterprise

R and D Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-334

  Weisenfeld, Ursula ^a   Fisscher, Olaf ^b   Pearson, Alan ^c   Brockhoff, Klaus ^d  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 0035596086     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00220     Document Type: Article

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