Understanding the technology market for patents: New insights from a licensing survey of Japanese firms

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 226-235

  Kani, Masayo ^a   Motohashi, Kazuyuki ^b,c  

^a TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Licensing; Patent; Technology market

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JAPAN; JAPANESE FIRMS; MAJOR FACTORS; PATENT; PATENT DATABASE; TWO-STEP MODEL; UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 81855207444     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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