Markets for knowledge: Problems, scope, and economic implications

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-181

  Guilhon, Bernard ^a  

^a UMR 6126   (France)

Author keywords

Codification; Governance mechanisms; Knowledge transfer; Markets for knowledge; Quasi markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751486458     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590410001628134     Document Type: Article

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