To patent or not to patent: That is the question. Intellectual property protection in family firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 339-367

  Chirico, Francesco ^a,b   Criaco, Giuseppe ^c   Baù, Massimo ^a   Naldi, Lucia ^a   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^d   Kotlar, Josip ^e  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Mexico)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e School of Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental munificence; family firms; innovation; intellectual property protection; patent

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064178693     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258718806251     Document Type: Article

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