The institutional economics of sharing biological information

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 188, 2006, Pages 351-368

  Dedeurwaerdere, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; INFORMATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 33847777581     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2006.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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