Innovation and the modern corporation: From heroic invention to industrial science

Science in the Twentieth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 203-226

  Carlson, W Bernard ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 85071028822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315079097-20     Document Type: Chapter

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