Determinants of patent rights: A cross-national study

Research Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-301

  Ginarte, Juan C ^a   Park, Walter G ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Intellectual property; International comparisons; Patent laws; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001683992     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(97)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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