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Part II - Migration, Intellectual Property, Diasporas, Knowledge Flows, and Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

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Carsten Fink  and
Ernest Miguelez
Carsten Fink
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World Intellectual Property Organization
Ernest Miguelez
Affiliation:
GREThA UMR CNRS 5113, Université de Bordeaux
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The International Mobility of Talent and Innovation
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