Variety and niche creation in aircraft, helicopters, motorcycles and microcomputers

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 469-488

  Frenken, Koen ^a   Saviotti, Paolo P ^a   Trommetter, Michel ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Dominant design; Helicopters; Microcomputers; Motorcycles; Niche creation; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042598795     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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