Terminating piracy or legitimate seed saving? The use of copy-protection technology in seeds

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-141

  Van Wijk, Jeroen ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SEED PRODUCTION;

EID: 1542289714     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953732032000175544     Document Type: Article

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