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How to Characterize Markets for Knowledge ?

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Technology and Markets for Knowledge

Part of the book series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation ((ESTI,volume 22))

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Knowledge is at the heart of organizational forms as it lays the fundamental questions of its production, of its transfer and of its utilization (Lundvall, 1999). The answers to these questions depend on the formulated hypothesis as to properties attributed to knowledge.

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Guilhon, B. (2001). How to Characterize Markets for Knowledge ?. In: Guilhon, B. (eds) Technology and Markets for Knowledge. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1605-7_1

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