What do firms learn? Capabilities, distribution and the division of labour

Evolution and Economic Complexity

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 38-61

  Ramazzotti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781845423506.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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