Rerun the tape of history and QWERTY always wins

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1175-1185

  Kay, Neil M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equifinality; Path creation; Path dependence; QWERTY; Technical standards

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

EQUIFINALITY; PATH CREATION; PATH DEPENDENCE; QWERTY; TECHNICAL STANDARDS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84878840688     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.03.007     Document Type: Note

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