Dynamic Patent Races with Absorptive Capacity: An Experimental Investigation on R&D Behavior
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Patent race; absorptive capacity; knowledge accumulation; efficiency loss; experimental investigation; Course aux brevets; capacité d'absorption; accumulation de connaissances; perte d'efficacité; enquête expérimentale;All these keywords.
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