The Effects of Stronger Intellectual Property Rights on Technology Transfer: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data

Ryuhei Wakasugi () and Banri Ito

No 632, KIER Working Papers from Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: It is noteworthy that intra-firm technology transfer has grown rapidly in recent years as a major part of international technology transfer. This paper presents empirical analysis of the effect of stronger Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on technology transfer from parent firm to its subsidiaries in foreign country. The results of empirical test, based on the firm-level panel data of Japanese MNCs' foreign subsidiaries, present that the stronger protection of IPRs has a positive effect on the promotion of intra-firm technology transfer after controlling market specific factors in the host countries as well as parent-subsidiary firm specific factors. They are consistent with our theoretical prediction and also the results of the previous studies based on US firm-level data.

Keywords: Intellectual Property Rights; Technology Transfer; Multinational Firms; FDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F20 F23 O3 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22pages
Date: 2007-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ino, nep-ipr, nep-pr~, nep-lab and nep-tid
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