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General Introduction: The Engineering-Business Nexus: Nature, History, Contexts, Tensions

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Christensen, S.H., Delahousse, B., Didier, C., Meganck, M., Murphy, M. (2019). General Introduction: The Engineering-Business Nexus: Nature, History, Contexts, Tensions. In: Christensen, S.H., Delahousse, B., Didier, C., Meganck, M., Murphy, M. (eds) The Engineering-Business Nexus. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99636-3_1

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