Technology Licensing between Rival Firms in Presence of Asymmetric Information
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عنوان ژورنال: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2194-6124,1935-1704
DOI: 10.1515/bejte-2015-0097