Patents and academic research: A state of the art

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-263

  van Zeebroeck, Nicolas ^a   van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno ^b   Guellec, Dominique ^c  

^a SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b European Patent Office   (United Kingdom)

^c OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Modern history; Patents; Research; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549138204     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930810870328     Document Type: Review

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