The continuity of innovation: The civil war experience

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-165

  Thomson, Ross ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (Denmark)

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EID: 77649105860     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khp079     Document Type: Article

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