Intellectual property management and technological entrepreneurship

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Willoughby, Kelvin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bioscience; copyright; entrepreneurship; Intellectual property; IP profiles; licensing; patents; SMEs; trade secrets; trademarks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888604550     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877013400270     Document Type: Article

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