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Designing the Product Architecture for High Appropriability: The Case of Canon

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Sakakibara, K., Matsumoto, Y. (2006). Designing the Product Architecture for High Appropriability: The Case of Canon. In: Herstatt, C., Stockstrom, C., Tschirky, H., Nagahira, A. (eds) Management of Technology and Innovation in Japan. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31248-X_1

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