Standard essential patents to boost financial returns

R and D Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 612-630

  Pohlmann, Tim ^a,b   Neuhäusler, Peter ^b,c   Blind, Knut ^b,d  

^a CERNA   (France)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84945271850     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12137     Document Type: Article

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