The organizational impact of technological change: A comparative theory of national institutional factors

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 447-485

  Chesbrough, Henry W ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0041093524     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/8.3.447     Document Type: Review

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