Profitable advice: The value of information provided by Canada's inventor's assistance program

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-72

  Åstebro, Thomas ^a   Gerchak, Yigal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inventor's assistance program; Inventors; Social benefit; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012880658     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590100000003     Document Type: Article

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