Time at R&D Work: Types and strategies of time in the collaborative development of a chemical technology

Time & Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-153

  Yli Kauhaluoma, Sari ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

chemical technology; collaboration; interaction; R D work; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749136825     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X08099948     Document Type: Article

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