Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies?

Purpose – This study investigates the extent to which a company's usage of open access (OA) literature for R&D activities depends on its size. The authors’ assumption is that smaller pharmaceutical companies have less access to (usually expensive) journal subscriptions. Design/methodology/a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: ElHassan ElSabry, Koichi Sumikura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Industry-University Collaboration
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004/full/pdf?title=does-open-access-to-academic-research-help-small-science-based-companies