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Available at: http:\/\/www.iwt.be\/imt"},{"key":"atypb3","unstructured":"[3] B. Martinet and J.M. Ribault, La Veille Technologique,                     Concurrentielle et Commerciale (Les Editions d\u2019Organisation,                 Paris, 1989), pp. 67-70."},{"key":"atypb4","unstructured":"[4] E. Lautr\u00e9, La veille informative, de la d\u00e9finition                 au contenu, Documentaliste-Sciences de l\u2019Information 28(3) (1991) 128-131."},{"key":"atypb5","unstructured":"[5] E. Gayon, Le service de documentation, pivot de la veille technologique.                 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