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Are National Patent Laws the Blossoming Rain?
Qian, Yi - 2014
Research on the effects of patent protection on innovation and technology transfer in the cross-country pharmaceutical industry adds to our understanding of the underlying forces driving a country's innovation level. Qian (2007) constructs a comprehensive database useful for evaluating the...
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Contracts, Intellectual Property Rights, and Multinational Investment in Developing Countries
Markusen, James R. - 2021
The institution and enforcement of property rights and contracts have been an important policy issue for the developing countries, the transition economies, and the developed countries in the 1990s. This has led to the development of a literature on technology transfer and how property rights...
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International Joint Ventures and Internal vs. External Technology Transfer : Evidence from China
Jiang, Kun - 2018
We study the economics of international joint ventures with administrative data for China exploiting the change in … foreign direct investment policy as China entered the WTO in the year 2002. Accounting for a quarter of all international …). As China has dropped joint venture requirements and shifted towards wholly foreign-owned FDI as part of becoming a member …
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Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrading : Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry
Bai, Jie; Barwick, Panle Jia; Cao, Shengmao; Li, Shanjun - 2022
While there is a vast body of research on the benefits of FDI in developing countries, whether and how the form of FDI matters have received limited attention. This paper studies the impact of FDI via quid pro quo (technology for market access) on facilitating knowledge spillover and quality...
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Quid Pro Quo : Technology Capital Transfers for Market Access in China
Holmes, Thomas - 2014
Despite the recent rapid development and greater openness of China's economy, FDI flows between China and … technologically advanced countries are relatively small in both directions. We assess global capital flows in light of China's quid … model to data. We also find large welfare gains for China--and welfare losses for its FDI partners--from quid pro quo …
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Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Data
Branstetter, Lee; Fisman, Raymond J.; Foley, C. Fritz - 2021
This paper examines how technology transfer within U.S. multinational firms changes in response to a series of IPR reforms undertaken by 16 countries over the 1982-1999 period. Analysis of detailed firm-level data reveals that royalty payments for technology transferred to affiliates increase at...
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The Role of Patent Protection in (Clean/Green) Technology Transfer
Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2012
Global climate change mitigation will require the development and diffusion of a large number and variety of new technologies. How will patent protection affect this process? In this paper we first review the evidence on the role of patents for innovation and international technology transfer in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115728
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Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment : Theory and Evidence
Branstetter, Lee - 2010
This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the effect of strengthening intellectual property rights in developing countries on the level and composition of industrial development. We develop a North-South product cycle model in which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760176
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Intellectual Property Rights, Foreign Direct Investment, and Industrial Development
Branstetter, Lee - 2014
This paper develops a North-South product model in which Southern imitation and the North-South flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) are endogenously determined. In the model, a strengthening of IPR protection in the South reduces the rate of imitation, which, in turn, increases the flow of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070725
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Recent Chinese Buyout Activity and the Implications for Global Architecture
Antkiewicz, Agata; Whalley, John - 2021
We discuss recent cases of Chinese buyout activity in the OECD (especially in the US and the EU) in resource and manufacturing sectors. While most of the buyout attempts have been unsuccessful, they can serve as a catalyst for a wider discussion on the implications for global arrangements over...
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