Intellectual property valuation: How to approach the selection of an appropriate valuation method

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-503

  Lagrost, Céline ^a   Martin, Donald ^a   Dubois, Cyrille ^a   Quazzotti, Serge ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Assets valuation; Intellectual property; Qualitative methods; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149379957     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931011085641     Document Type: Article

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