Secrecy versus patenting

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-42

  Kultti, Klaus ^a   Takalo, Tuomas ^b   Toikka, Juuso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Bank of Finland ^*  (Finland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36549081830     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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