Intellectual Property Rights and Entry Choices

This paper studies the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR) and the entry modes decision by multinational firms. When considering exports, foreign direct investment (FDI), and licensing as technology transfer channels, the empirical analysis of the 1995 U.S. data show that unlike the findings in the literature, strong IPR has a larger positive impact on FDI than on licensing.

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Year of publication:	2007-05
Authors:	Puttitanun, Thitima
Institutions:	Department of Economics, San Diego State University

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 0027 21 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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