An analysis of the effect of software intellectual property rights on the performance of software firms in South Korea

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 376-385

  Suh, Dukrok ^a   Hwang, Junseok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Firm's performance; Software copyright; Software patent; Zero inflated regression

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; PATENT APPLICATIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SMALL FIRM; SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS; SOFTWARE FIRMS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES; SOFTWARE PATENTS; SOFTWARE REVENUES; SOUTH KOREA; TOTAL REVENUE;

COPYRIGHTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77950019438     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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