Patterns of technological competence accumulation: A proposition for empirical measurement

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1075-1108

  Knudsen, Mette Praest ^a  

^a Department of Marketing and Management ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 31144453565     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth077     Document Type: Review

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