Inter-firm technology transfer: Partnership-embedded licensing or standard licensing agreements?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 529-550

  Hagedoorn, John ^a   Lorenz Orlean, Stefanie ^a   Van Kranenburg, Hans ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 66749127868     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn038     Document Type: Article

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