文档介绍：Collaborative Research
and Development Projects
Tom Har ris
Collaborative
Research
and Development
Projects
A Practical Guide
Foreword by Ray Browne
With 16 Figures
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Dr Tom Harris
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Foreword
ByȱRayȱBrowneȱ
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