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Designing Conditions for Disruptive Innovation Ecosystems. / Nthubu, Badziili; Richards, Daniel; Cruickshank, Leon.
[ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). ed. / Gerhard Bruyns; Huaxin Wei. Singapore: Springer, 2022. p. 1705-1730 (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research; Vol. 9).

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Nthubu, B, Richards, D & Cruickshank, L 2022, Designing Conditions for Disruptive Innovation Ecosystems. in G Bruyns & H Wei (eds), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, vol. 9, Springer, Singapore, pp. 1705-1730, IASDR 2021, 5/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_111

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Nthubu, B., Richards, D., & Cruickshank, L. (2022). Designing Conditions for Disruptive Innovation Ecosystems. In G. Bruyns, & H. Wei (Eds.), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021) (pp. 1705-1730). (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research; Vol. 9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_111

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Nthubu B, Richards D, Cruickshank L. Designing Conditions for Disruptive Innovation Ecosystems. In Bruyns G, Wei H, editors, [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). Singapore: Springer. 2022. p. 1705-1730. (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research). Epub 2021 Dec 8. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_111

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Nthubu, Badziili ; Richards, Daniel ; Cruickshank, Leon. / Designing Conditions for Disruptive Innovation Ecosystems. [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). editor / Gerhard Bruyns ; Huaxin Wei. Singapore : Springer, 2022. pp. 1705-1730 (IASDR: Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research).

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