The importance of access to resources in a setting of industry convergence: The case of agriculture and chemistry

PICMET: Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Preschitschek, Nina ^a   Curran, Clive Steven ^a   Leker, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPANIES; FOSSIL RESOURCES; INDUSTRY CONVERGENCE; INDUSTRY SECTORS; PLANT OIL; POLICY MAKERS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH AREAS; SOCIETAL CONCERNS; SOCIETAL FACTORS; SWITCHING SUPPLIES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIOETHANOL; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; ETHANOL; INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETABLE OILS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053372943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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