Protecting intellectual property to enhance firm performance: Does it work for SMEs

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-105

  Agostini, Lara ^a   Filippini, Roberto ^a   Nosella, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

economic and financial performance; intellectual property; patents; SMEs; trademarks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957714754     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2014.20     Document Type: Article

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