Technology intelligence: Concept design and implementation in technology based SMEs

Technology Intelligence: Concept Design and Implementation in Technology Based SMEs

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-274

  Savioz, Pascal ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403948212     Document Type: Book

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