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Part II - Winning and Losing in Nanotech: Case Studies from Developed Countries

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Shyama V. Ramani
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Nanotechnology and Development
What's in it for Emerging Countries?
, pp. 37 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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