Collateral damage for R and D manufacturers: How patent sharks operate in markets for technology

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 947-967

  Reitzig, Markus ^a   Henke, Joachim ^b   Schneidery, Ferdinand ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77955743995     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq037     Document Type: Article

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