Computer Software Patents: a Dilemma in Competitive Advantage IT Research
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Computer Software Patents: a Dilemma in Competitive Advantage IT Research
A significant amount of information technology (IT) research centers on the attainment of competitive advantage through the use of IT. In many cases, the use of patents to protect that IT does not receive much attention. Often studies conclude that patent protection cannot help IT to achieve such an advantage. Our research finds that many IT researchers based these conclusions predominately on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Communications of the Association for Information Systems
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1529-3181
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.00807