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Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in Mature Industrial Regions: Towards a Social Model of Technology Production

Meric S. Gertler Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada
Pages 665-680 | Received 01 Sep 1992, Published online: 05 Aug 2006

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