Patent rights and innovative activity: Evidence from national and firm-level data

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 878-900

  Allred, Brent B ^a   Park, Walter G ^b  

^a Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm research and development; National patenting; Patent rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448954501     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400306     Document Type: Article

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