To protect or not to protect? Modes of appropriability in the small enterprise sector

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-49

  Thomä, Jörg ^a   Bizer, Kilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Innovation protection mechanisms; Intellectual property rights; SMEs

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

APPROPRIABILITY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVENESS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEADTIME; MARKET ENVIRONMENT; PATENT PROTECTION; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; SMALL ENTERPRISE; SMALL FIRM; SMES;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84870315431     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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