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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 211, 2025
Understanding the Colors of the Economies: Innovations and Entrepreneurship (CONRIDIT 2023)
Article Number 06001
Number of page(s) 9
Section The Kaleidoscope of Opportunities: Referring to the Blue, Silver, and Grey Economies
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202521106001
Published online 28 February 2025
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