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- 1984
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- article
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- 12
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- 1
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- 19-29
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- 137
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Roy Rothwell
(1984).
The role of small firms in the emergence of new technologies.
Omega
, 12
(1)
, 19-29.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0483(84)90007-0
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- 10.1016/0305-0483(84)90007-0