The global computer software sector

Economic Development as a Learning Process: Variation Across Sectoral Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 72-112

  Niosi, Jorge ^a   Athreye, Suma ^b   Tschang, Ted ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84881824042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857937896.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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