Allocation of property rights and technological innovation within firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 758-787

  Magelssen, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

innovation; multinational firms; patents; property rights; subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LOCATION; TAXATION;

ASSET OWNERSHIPS; BUSINESS UNITS; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; OWNERSHIP RIGHTS; PATENTS; PROPERTY RIGHT; SUBSIDIARIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 85075455789     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.3103     Document Type: Article

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