Cultural aspects of secrecy in global economy

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 49, Issue , 2009, Pages 190-199

  Serradell Lopez, Enric ^a   Cavaller, Victor ^b  

^a Department of Business Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Management of the secret; Patents; Secrets

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ASPECTS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; NATIONAL CULTURES; PATENTS; SECRETS; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

INNOVATION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 70350055227     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04757-2_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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