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            cpro20
            CPRO
            Prometheus
            Critical Studies in Innovation
            Pluto Journals
            0810-9028
            1470-1030
            June 1995
            : 13
            : 1
            : 107-118
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            8629194 Prometheus, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1995: pp. 107–118
            10.1080/08109029508629194
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            NOTES AND REFERENCES

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            7. Ibid., pp.46-7.

            8. Nishiguchi, op. cit., p. 122.

            9. Ibid. p.6.

            10. Ibid. p. 118.

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            12. Ibid., p.30.

            13. Ibid., p.24.

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            34. Ibid., p. 138.

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