The ecology of technological progress: How symbiosis and competition affect the growth of technology domains

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2163-2187

  Carnabuci, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78049263457     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0045     Document Type: Article

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