The governance of the European patent system: Effective and legitimate?

Economy and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 594-610

  Borrás, Susana ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Effectiveness; European governance; European Patent Office; European patent system; European political economy; Legitimacy; Network governance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749446328     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140600960864     Document Type: Article

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