Product development and the timing of information disclosure under U.S. and Japanese patent systems

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-249

  Aoki, Reiko ^a   Prusa, Thomas J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030240921     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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