This study attempts to verify the linkages between trademark registration and firm growth based on the different stages of development and two groups of sectors by using Korean firm data. Two different paths of firm growth in Korea are identified. In the trademark-dominant group, trademarks...

In the past decade, increasing economic integration with China has offered vast business opportunities to Korean firms. Given the changing industry map in East Asia, Korean firms have been seeking a new international division of labor with Chinese firms via foreign direct investment. During the...