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The Organization

and Architecture

of Innovation

Managing the Flow of Technology

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and Architecture

of Innovation

Managing the Flow of Technology

THOMAS J. ALLEN

Massachusetts Institute of Te c hnology • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

GUNTER W. HENN

The Organization

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