Innovation policy and nanotechnology entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-811

  Woolley, Jennifer L ^a   Rottner, Renee M ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 50649117114     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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