Production of scientific knowledge and radical uncertainty: The limits of the normative approach in innovation economics

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-322

  Moroz, David ^a,b  

^a Champagne School of Management   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Intellectual property; Radical uncertainty; Scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344451111     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-005-4198-4     Document Type: Article

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