To merge or to license: Implications for competition policy

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-672

  Faul Oller, Ramon ^a   Sandons, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition policy; Merger; Patent licensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867924902     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(02)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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