Bureth, Antoine; Levy, Rachel; Pénin, Julien; Wolff, … - In: Rivista di Politica Economica 95 (2005) 5, pp. 19-46
This contribution aims at analyzing the role of patents in inter-organization networks in the field of biotechnology. We examine the traditional rationale for firms to apply for a patent, which focuses on the protection against competition as the basic motive of application, and we claim that...