The political economy of intellectual property: Re-examining European policy on plant biotechnology

Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property: Seeds of Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 244-267

  Graff, G D ^a   Zilberman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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