How managers protect intellectual property rights in China using de facto strategies

R and D Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-224

  Keupp, Marcus Matthias ^a   Beckenbauer, Angela ^a   Gassmann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 60449087067     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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