Does patenting help or hinder open innovation? Evidence from new entrants in the solar industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 307-331

  Zobel, Ann Kristin ^a   Balsmeier, Benjamin ^b   Chesbrough, Henry ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c F402 Hass School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; SOLAR POWER; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 84988329784     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw005     Document Type: Article

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