Why schumpeter was right: Innovation, market power, and creative destruction in 1920s America

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1023-1058

  Nicholas, Tom ^a  

^a THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942299810     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703002523     Document Type: Article

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