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Technological capabilities and firm performance: The case of small manufacturing firms in Japan

✍ Scribed by Takehiko Isobe; Shige Makino; David B. Montgomery

Publisher
Springer
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
226 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
0217-4561

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