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Learning in ‘Organized Anarchies’: The Nature of Technological Search Processes at Trade Fairs

Harald BatheltUniversity of Toronto, Department of Political Science, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, TorontoONM5S 3G3, Canada;University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Program in Planning, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, TorontoONM5S 3G3, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rachael GibsonUniversity of Toronto, Department of Political Science, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, TorontoONM5S 3G3, Canada
Pages 985-1002 | Received 13 Dec 2010, Accepted 22 Feb 2013, Published online: 01 May 2013

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