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Original Articles

Local or Digital Buzz, Global or National Pipelines: Patterns of Knowledge Sourcing in Intelligent Machinery and Digital Content Services in Finland

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Pages 1305-1330 | Received 01 Dec 2009, Accepted 01 Sep 2010, Published online: 02 Aug 2011

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