Papageorgiadis, Nikolaos; Cross, Adam R.; Alexiou, … - In: Journal of World Business 49 (2014) 4, pp. 586-597
In this paper we report on a composite index of international patent systems strength for 48 developing and industrialized countries annually from 1998 to 2011. Building upon earlier indices we develop a conceptual framework informed by transaction cost theory and derive measures which emphasize...