Time Matters: Temporal harmony and dissonance in nanotechnology networks

Time & Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-139

  Selin, Cynthia ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

expectations; heterogeneity; innovation; nanotechnology; timescapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944461158     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X06061786     Document Type: Article

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