Open versus closed innovation: Development of the wide strip mill for steel in the United States during the 1920s

R and D Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-80

  Aylen, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72449185311     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00576.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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