Nature and dynamics of appropriability: Strategies for appropriating returns on innovation

R and D Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-112

  Hurmelinna Laukkanen, Pia ^a   Puumalainen, Kaisu ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 33847372849     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00460.x     Document Type: Review

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