Enforcing intellectual property rights in weak appropriability regimes: The case of de facto protection strategies in China

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-130

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appropriability regime; China; De facto protection strategies; Intellectual property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955053707     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0020-9     Document Type: Article

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