Antitrust, multidimensional competition, and innovation: Do we have an antitrust-relevant theory of competition now?

Competition Policy and Patent Law under Uncertainty: Regulating Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 228-251

  D Wright, Joshua ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84924650699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974984.008     Document Type: Chapter

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