Getting Away with Robbery? Patenting Behavior with the Threat of Infringement

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 625-648

  Yiannaka, Amalia ^a   Fulton, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 79954994726     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2011.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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