Factors influencing patenting in small computer software producing companies

Technovation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 563-576

  Olsson, Henrik ^a   McQueen, Douglas H ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCTION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 0034288689     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(99)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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