Promoting access to intellectual property: Patent pools, copyright collectives, and clearinghouses

R and D Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-204

  Aoki, Reiko ^a,b   Schiff, Aaron ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 39449138779     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2008.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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