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Radical versus Non-Radical Inventions
Schoenmakers, Wilfred; Duysters, Geert; Vanhaverbeke, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
is very important. For our research we made use of the EPO (European Patent Office) database on patents. We used the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856298
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FDI and Innovation as Drivers of Export Behaviour: Firm-level Evidence from East Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late industrializing East Asian countries (China, Thailand and the Philippines) drawing on recent developments in applied international trade and innovation and learning. Technology-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712056
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Attracting and embedding R&D by multinational firms: policy recommendations for EU new member states
Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
This paper asks: what can governments of new member states do to encourage MNEs to invest in R&D? There are two types …, furthermore, we focus on the MNE and the potential for linkages, and do not limit ourselves to FDI and spillovers. MNEs engage in … recommend that new member states focus on attracting and fostering demand-driven R&D activities by MNEs. Furthermore, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856305
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Russia's emerging multinationals: trends and issues
Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
The paper focuses on the emergence of Russia's multinational companies. It aims to analyse their motives to internationalise as well as the approaches to internationalisation. While relevance of the theoretical perspectives is highlighted, the intention of the paper is to contribute to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856349
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The growth of outward FDI and the competitiveness of the underlying economy: the case of India
Narula, Rajneesh; Prasad Kodiyat, Tiju - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
There has been an impressive spurt in the outward FDI activity of Indian MNEs since the 1990s. However, despite the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856415
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Using a 'Systems' Perspective to Explain the Limits of 'New' Multinational Enterprises: the role of 'members-only' location advantages
Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
-specific assets of its firms and MNEs. This strong bond persists because of the interdependence between actors within a system, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712165
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Mitigating 'anticommons' harms to research in science and technology
David, Paul A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
There are three analytically distinct layers of the phenomenon that has been labeled 'the anticommons' and indicted as a potential impediment to innovation resulting from patenting and enforcement of IPR obtained on academic research results. This paper distinguishes among 'search costs',...
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Financial Patenting in Europe
Hall, Bronwyn H.; Thoma, Grid; Torrisi, Salvatore - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
We take a first look at financial patents at the European Patent Office (EPO). As is the case at the US Patent and … Trademark Office (USPTO), the number of financial patents in Europe has increased significantly in parallel with significant … changes in payment and financial systems. Scholars have argued that financial patents, like other business methods patents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712119
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Breaking the Fence: Patent Rights and Biomedical Innovation in 'Technology Followers'
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
-commons" has been predicted due to a proliferation of patents on upstream technologies, evidence to test these concerns is only now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712264
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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms
Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...
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