Large companies from all sectors patenting in ICT: Is there a link between corporate technological diversification and the information revolution?

The Economics and Management of Technological Diversification

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 203-233

  Mendonça, Sandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203642030     Document Type: Chapter

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