Patents, trademarks, and their complementarity in venture capital funding

Technovation

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-22

  Zhou, Haibo ^a   Sandner, Philipp G ^b   Martinelli, Simon Luca ^c   Block, Joern H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

JEL classification L26; M31; O34

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TRADEMARKS;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES; MARKETING CAPABILITY; PATENTS; VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCINGS; VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84951879273     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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