Sofka, Wolfgang; Shehu, Edlira - 2009
International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of this study is to extend this stream of research by investigating … both market-based (e.g. secrecy, lead time) as well as legal knowledge protection strategies (e.g. patents, trademarks) of …