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Operation of the Collaborative Composite Manufacturing (CCM) System
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Operation of the Collaborative Composite Manufacturing (CCM) System

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Manufacturing innovation and american industrial competitiveness

S S Cohen, J Zysman

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |March 4, 1988
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