Welfare analysis of alternative patent policies for software innovations

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 803-823

  Thatcher, Matt E ^a   Kim, Taeha ^b   Pingry, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent height; Patent policy; Patent width; R D; Social welfare; Software patents

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INNOVATION; PATENT HEIGHT; PATENT POLICY; PATENT WIDTH; R&D; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOFTWARE PATENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646021913     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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