Small firms, innovation and intellectual property management: The context and a research agenda

Intellectual Property and Innovation Management in Small Firms

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 4-18

  Blackburn, Robert A ^a,b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41949090797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203466278     Document Type: Chapter

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