The power of incrementalism: environmental regulation and technological change in pulp and paper bleaching in the US

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management - Tập 10 Số 2 - Trang 225-245 - 1998
Vicki Norberg‐Bohm1, Mark Rossi1
1Department of Urban Studies and Planning , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Room 9-328, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA Phone: 617 253 5196 Fax: 617 253 5196 E-mail: [email protected].

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