Interregional inventor collaboration and the commercial value of patented inventions: evidence from the US biotechnology industry

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 399-438

  Sonmez, Zafer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85050354354     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-018-0874-5     Document Type: Article

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