Economies of scale in innovations with block-busters

Quantitative Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-227

  Sornette, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 85008814929     PISSN: 14697688     EISSN: 14697696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1469-7688/2/3/305     Document Type: Article

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