An innovation market approach to analyzing impacts of mergers and acquisitions in the plant biotechnology industry

AgBioForum

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 89-99

  Brennan, Margaret ^a   Pray, Carl ^b   Naseem, Anwar ^c   Oehmke, James F ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotechnology; Concentration; Innovation market; Mergers and acquisitions; Patents; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844507748     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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