Patenting in family firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 84-104

  Tognazzo, Alessandra ^a   Destro, Federica ^a   Gubitta, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family business; Innovation; Inventors' team; Patent accurateness; Patent value; Patenting; Socio emotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881266886     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2013.055254     Document Type: Article

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