Using ideas strategically: The contest between business and NGO networks in intellectual property rights

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-175

  Sell, Susan K ^a   Prakash, Aseem ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1542784539     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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