Technological Pioneering and Competitive Advantage: The Birth of the VCR Industry

California Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 51-76

  Rosenbloom, Richard S ^a   Cusumano, Michael A ^a  

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EID: 84968158760     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41162131     Document Type: Article

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