Biotechnology: Its origins, organization, and outputs

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Ebers, Mark ^a   Powell, Walter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247605374     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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