Direct and indirect knowledge spillovers: The "social network" of open-source projects

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-91

  Fershtman, Chaim ^a   Gandal, Neil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79951532302     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2010.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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