Raising the Barcode Scanner: Technology and Productivity in the Retail Sector
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Copyright 2014
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Copy CitationEmek Basker, Standards, Patents and Innovations (International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 36, 2012), chap. 1, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/standards-patents-and-innovations/raising-barcode-scanner-technology-and-productivity-retail-sector.
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