Technological knowledge assets in industrial firms

R and D Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-203

  Díaz Díaz, Nieves Lidia ^a   Aguiar Díaz, Inmaculada ^a   De Saá Pérez, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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EID: 33644699886     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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