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The Choice between Formal and Informal Intellectual Property: A Literature Review / Bronwyn H. Hall, Christian Helmers, Mark Rogers, Vania Sena.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Bronwyn H.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17983.
- NBER working paper series no. w17983
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2012.
- Summary:
- We survey the economic literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the choice of intellectual property protection by firms. Our focus is on the tradeoffs between using patents and disclosing versus the use of secrecy, although we also look briefly at the use of other means of formal intellectual property protection.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- April 2012.
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