Firm size and the use of intellectual property rights

Economic Record

Volumn 82, Issue 256, 2006, Pages 44-55

  Jensen, Paul H ^a   Webster, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644793851     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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