Intellectual property management in the small and medium enterprise (SME)

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-335

  Kitching, J ^a   Blackburn, R ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Intellectual property; Legal title; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998955     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006797     Document Type: Article

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