How much should society fuel the greed of innovators?. On the relations between appropriability, opportunities and rates of innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1110-1121

  Dosi, G ^a   Marengo, L ^a   Pasquali, C ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Innovation; Intellectual property rights; IPR; Teece

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

APPROPRIABILITY; STRATEGIC COMBINATIONS; TEECE;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33751179460     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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