Intellectual Property Rights and South-North Formation of Global Innovation Networks

Maria Comune, Alireza Naghavi and Giovanni Prarolo ()

No 115816, Economy and Society from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Abstract: This paper explores the role of IPR protection in the emergence of R&D linkages from newly emerging economies. Using data from a new survey on Chinese and Indian firms in the ICT sector, we find IPR protection to be key in the engagement of Southern firms in global innovation networks. A complementary exercise uses global bilateral patent data to investigate the location-specificity of IPR enforcement for this phenomenon. We find that a stringent IPR regime in the North (South) discourages (encourage) foreign patenting activities of firms in the South, suggesting that a global convergence of IPRs can stimulate Southern innovation.

Keywords: International; Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2011-07
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Working Paper: Intellectual Property Rights and South-North Formation of Global Innovation Networks (2011)
Working Paper: Intellectual Property Rights and South-North Formation of Global Innovation Networks (2011)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.115816

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