An historical change in the nature of corporate technological diversification

The Economics and Management of Technological Diversification

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 265-296

  Cantwell, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203642030     Document Type: Chapter

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