Empirically informing a technology delivery system model for an emerging technology: Illustrated for dye-sensitized solar cells

R and D Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-149

  Guo, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Chen ^c   Huang, Lu ^a,b   Porter, Alan ^b,d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d Search Technology Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84863150694     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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