Valuing patents and licenses from a business strategy perspective - Extending valuation considerations using the case of nanotechnology

World Patent Information

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-114

  Wartburg, Iwan von ^a   Teichert, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Nanotechnology; Network analysis; Patent thicket; Patent valuation; Simulation models; Technology standards; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549146598     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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