Congress and Policy Analysis: A Context for Assessing the Use of OTA Projects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 177-189

  Whiteman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0042632433     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1625(96)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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