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Technological Innovation and Commerce

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Technological innovation is partly a result of high-end research. Such research is the outcome of merged efforts between scientists coming from theoretical, experimental, and engineering disciplines when they aim to answer significant open questions. Sometimes, the direct goal is the provision of new services or products, very often with a commercial value.

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  1. School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polutechneiou Street, 15780, Zograton, Athens, Greece

    E. Chatzitheodoridis

  2. Durham University, Durham, UK

    K. A. Capova

  3. Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden

    E. Persson

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Correspondence to E. Chatzitheodoridis .

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK

    Klara Anna Capova

  2. Department of Philosophy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Erik Persson

  3. Department of Theology & Religious Studies, Kings College London, London, UK

    Tony Milligan

  4. Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences and Division of History of Ideas and Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    David Dunér

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Chatzitheodoridis, E., Capova, K.A., Persson, E. (2018). Technological Innovation and Commerce. In: Capova, K., Persson, E., Milligan, T., Dunér, D. (eds) Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today. SpringerBriefs in Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96265-8_7

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