Pre-adaptation, exaptation and technology speciation: A comment on Cattani (2006)

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Dew, Nicholas ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 34447536141     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtl036     Document Type: Note

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