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Avalanches make us all innovators

Published: 21 August 2020 Publication History

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Avalanches generate enormous breakdowns. The practices of innovation adoption may be just what you need to resolve them.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 63, Issue 9
September 2020
90 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3419453
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Published: 21 August 2020
Published in CACM Volume 63, Issue 9

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