Who decides the shape of product markets? The knowledge institutions that name and categorise new technologies

Information and Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 194-217

  Pollock, Neil ^a   Williams, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054790834     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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