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Stephen Breyer: Nor can one guarantee that firms will undertake the investment necessary to produce complex technological innovations…

On the recordJune 16, 2009
Nor can one guarantee that firms will undertake the investment necessary to produce complex technological innovations knowing that any competitive advantage derived from those innovations will be dissipated by the sharing requirement.
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Stephen Breyer

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Breyer discusses the impact of sharing rules on technological investment and competition.

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