The economics of codification and the diffusion of knowledge

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-622

  Cowan, Robin ^a   Foray, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

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EID: 8344258436     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/6.3.595     Document Type: Article

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