Complexity in the theory of the developing firm

Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 81-104

  Bloch, Harry ^a   Metcalfe, Stan ^b,c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84873570330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857930378.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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