Voluntary technological disclosure as an efficient knowledge management device: An empirical study

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 465-491

  Lhuillery, Stéphane ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Cooperation; Endogenous spillovers; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649016247     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500513008     Document Type: Article

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