Free revealing and the private-collective model for innovation incentives

R and D Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-306

  Von Hippel, Eric ^a   Von Krogh, Georg ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33744725228     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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