The politics of intellectual property rights regimes: An empirical study of new technology use in entrepreneurship

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Laplume, André O ^a   Pathak, Saurav ^a   Xavier Oliveira, Emanuel ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights; Multi level modeling; Pirate parties; Polity; Technology use in entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; PIRATE PARTIES; POLITY; TECHNOLOGY USE;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84922638841     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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