Business Method Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 24, Issue , 2007, Pages 247-274

  Nerkar, Atul ^a   Paruchuri, Srikanth ^a   Khaire, Mukti ^a  

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EID: 34250210172     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(07)24009-4     Document Type: Review

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