Transferring technologies to developing countries: A cognitive and cultural approach

Intelligence and Technology: The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 159-180

  Díaz Canepa, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84920670295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203824252     Document Type: Chapter

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