Outsourcing and R&D Investment with Costly Patent Protection
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Keywords
Patents; Outsourcing; Imitation.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2010-10-09 (Innovation)
- NEP-IPR-2010-10-09 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-TID-2010-10-09 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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