Large players in the nanogame: Dedicated nanotech subsidiaries or distributed nanotech capabilities?

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-664

  Mangematin, Vincent ^a   Errabi, Khalid ^a   Gauthier, Caroline ^a  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Incumbent; Inflexibility; Nanotechnology; Pre adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255127301     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-011-9209-8     Document Type: Article

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