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Inventors, Invention, and Innovation: Works Cited

By Kyle D. Winward

Works Cited

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Bessen, James. The New Goliaths: How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation. Yale, 2022. (CH, Dec’22, 60-1163)

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Jensen, Benjamin M, Christopher Whyte, and Scott Cuomo. Information in War: Military Innovation, Battle Networks, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence. Georgetown, 2022. (CH, May’23, 60-2732

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Marchand, Lorraine Hudson. The Innovation Mindset: Eight Essential Steps to Transform Any Industry. Columbia, 2022.] (CH, Jan’23, 60-1448)

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