On cyclical industry evolution in agricultural biotechnology R&D

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Oehmke, James F ^a,b   Wolf, Christopher A ^a   Raper, Kellie Curry ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotechnology; Cycles; Industry evolution; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444428118     PISSN: 15420485     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1107     Document Type: Article

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