Shared inventions and the evolution of capabilities: Examining the biotechnology industry

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 943-956

  Khoury, Theodore A ^a   Pleggenkuhle Miles, Erin G ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Capabilities; Organizational learning; Patents; Property rights; Resource based theory

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCES; CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PATENTS; PROPERTY RIGHT; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 79961029826     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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