Is silence golden? Patents versus secrecy at the firm level

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 735-752

  Hussinger, Katrin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Innovation; Patents; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649087927     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500510467     Document Type: Article

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