The importance (or not) of patents to UK firms

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hall, Bronwyn H ^a,b   Helmersy, Christian ^c   Rogersz, Mark ^d   Sena, Vania ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MARKET; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880278064     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpt012     Document Type: Article

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