Publisher, be damned! From price gouging to the open road

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-239

  Harvie, David ^a   Lightfoot, Geoff ^a   Lilley, Simon ^a   Weir, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHICS; FINANCE; IDEOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84891823071     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2014.891710     Document Type: Article

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