Valuation of intellectual property: A real option approach

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-356

  Chang, Jow Ran ^a   Hung, Mao Wei ^b   Tsai, Feng Tse ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intangible assets; Intellectual property; Knowledge economy; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544475026     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930510611094     Document Type: Article

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