With the rise of the knowledge economy, delivering sound innovation policies requires a thorough understanding of how … Global Innovation Networks (GINs), to shed light on how the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) influences … innovation or in patenting activities abroad. …

This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their …. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … market, hence increases its innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare …

Physical telecom networks are costly and few, traditionally to the point of monopoly. Innovation thrives with many … service innovation efficiently. But this incentive breaks down ex post as M can extract an independent J's quasi …) purports to get the best of both worlds (BoBW). But it seems so hard to implement in innovation markets that one might construe …

We consider innovation incentives in markets where final goods comprise two strictly complementary components, one of … innovation is important. We explore ways in which the monopoly may have incentives to confiscate efficiency rents in the … competitive sector, thus weakening or destroying incentives for independent innovation. We discuss how these problems are affected …

This research sheds light on the role of multinational production on the type of innovation performed by firms. We … construct matched firm-patent data to measure the scope of innovation, that is the extent to which the output of R&D can be … geographically separate production from innovation focus on more specialized types of R&D. …

developing countries (South) through its impact on innovation, market structure and technology transfer. In a North-South trade … environment, the South sets its IPR policy strategically to manipulate multinationals’ decisions on innovation and location. Firms … stimulates innovation by pushing multinationals to deter entry in high-technology sectors. …