Visioneering Socio-Technical Innovations — a Missing Piece of the Puzzle

NanoEthics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-29

  Sand, Martin ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 85015615560     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-017-0293-6     Document Type: Editorial

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