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  • Science and Technology in Post-Mao China

Technocratic Organization and Technological Development in China, 1928-1953

By: William C. Kirby
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Keywords

History; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; Developing Countries and Economies; China

Citation

Kirby, William C. "Technocratic Organization and Technological Development in China, 1928-1953." In Science and Technology in Post-Mao China, edited by Denis Fred Simon and Merle Goldman, 23–44. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.

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William C. Kirby

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