The early development of the steam engine: An evolutionary interpretation using complexity theory

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-450

  Frenken, Koen ^a   Nuvolari, Alessandro ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENGINE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 2142701510     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth017     Document Type: Article

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