Reply to Dew's (2007) commentary: "Pre-adaptation, exaptation and technology speciation: A comment on Cattani (2006)"

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-596

  Cattani, Gino ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45149119651     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn011     Document Type: Note

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