Systems failure and the case for innovation policy

Innovation Policy in a Knowledge-Based Economy: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 47-74

  Metcalfe, James Stanley ^a  

^a National Institute of Economic and Social Research ESRC   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78651069211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26452-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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