Technology management and collaboration profile: Virtual companies and industrial platforms in the high-tech biotechnology industries

R and D Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-100

  Weisenfeld, Ursula ^a   Reeves, James C ^b   Hunck Meiswinkel, Astrid ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035635741     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00199     Document Type: Article

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