Comment on "Generality, Recombination, and Re-Use"

Benjamin Jones
Published Date
Copyright 2012
ISBN 9780226473031
The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited
Book: The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited
Book editors: Josh Lerner & Scott Stern
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Commenting On: Generality, Recombination, and Reuse
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