Patent Strategy and Management: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1084-1114

  Somaya, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriability; isolating mechanisms; patent strategy; value capture; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861682127     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312444447     Document Type: Article

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