Protecting their intellectual assets : appropriability conditions and why U.S. manufacturing firms patent(or not)

Protecting their intellectual assets : appropriability conditions and why U.S. manufacturing firms patent(or not)

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Wesley M.
Other Authors: Nelson, Richard R., Walsh, John P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge National Bureau of Economic Research 2000.
Series:NBER working paper series no.7552
Subjects:
Patents > United States.
Manufacturing industries.
Technological innovations > Law and legislation > United States.
Trade secrets > United States.
Industrial management > United States.