Inventor bricolage and firm technology research and development

R and D Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 473-487

  Banerjee, Preeta M ^a   Campbell, Benjamin A ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350004783     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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