Managing licensing in a market for technology

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1092-1106

  Arora, Ashish ^a,b   Fosfuri, Andrea ^c,d   Rønde, Thomas ^e,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centralization; Markets for technology; Strategic organization design; Technology licensing

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS UNITS; CENTRALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL ASSETS; MARKET FOR TECHNOLOGY; MARKETS FOR TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT MARKETS; STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGY LICENSING;

INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84878086664     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1628     Document Type: Article

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