on technology transfer and how property rights might affect such transfers and host-country welfare. Much of this … local managers learn the multinational's technology and can defect to start a rival firm. If contract enforcement leads the …

In this paper, we extend the growth model to include firm-specific technology capital and use it to assess the gains … from opening to foreign direct investment. A firm's technology capital is its unique know-how from investing in research … and development, brands, and organization capital. What distinguishes technology capital from other forms of capital is …

Research on the effects of patent protection on innovation and technology transfer in the cross-country pharmaceutical … the pharmaceutical sectors. This book chapter also attempts to integrate all the findings on innovations, technology … technology transfer, conditional upon certain country variables. In particular, the interaction between implementation and the …

acquiring sensitive technology by Chinese companies when they purchase companies abroad. These issues have not been addressed in …

technology and the North harmed by such actions. A strong system of intellectual property rights may or may not enhance world …