More is better: evidence that joint patenting leads to quality innovation

Applied Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 4370-4379

  Briggs, Kristie ^a   Wade, Mary ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; innovation; joint patenting; patent citations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914104765     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.957446     Document Type: Article

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