Small firms, big patents? Estimating patent value using data on Israeli start-ups' financing rounds

European Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 183-196

  Greenberg, Gili ^a  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; innovation and technology; patents; Strategy; value of patents; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890125809     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emre.12015     Document Type: Article

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