Patent-secret mix in complex product firms

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-158

  Ottoz, Elisabetta ^a,b   Cugno, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Department of Economics Cognetti De Martiis ^*  (Italy)

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EID: 43549084794     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahn007     Document Type: Article

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