The idea behind patent policies is to increase the output of commercially useful innovations by creating a transitory … types of considerations need to be addressed. First, there are issues of designing an appropriate patent system. This … intellectual property rights. Second, and more fundamentally, the investments that patent incentives trigger in research and …

, functioning patent system capable of attracting foreign direct investment, motivating domestic innovation and education, and …-generating potential of patents will enhance incentives for the participation of individuals and small and medium enterprises in the patent … ushered in numerous changes to the country's patent system, culminating in a series of amendments in 2005. But a functioning …

This paper outlines and evaluates several intellectual property monetization strategies available to patent holders in … developing countries that help generate domestic innovation and knowledge-driven growth by promoting more active technology … markets. Based on a review of World Intellectual Property Report indicators, the patent ownership gap between a sample of …

Using novel data on patents, trade of equipment goods, and foreign direct investments and insights from the economic … literature, the paper seeks to lay out the state of knowledge on the role of innovation and the diffusion of technologies in the … absorptive capacities. In contrast, their role in innovation is limited. Standard tools of innovation policy - public research …

regulation, namely license requirements for certain firm activities, on the innovation performance of Indian firms. First it … panel data set, it shows that removal of license requirements led to roughly 5 percentage points faster innovation rates … where innovation is measured as introduction of new product varieties that had not existed in the market. The results are …

outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and … include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation … of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the …

This paper proposes a quantitative model of firm dynamics with endogenous innovation to study growth acceleration …

quality, property and patent right protection), the return to firms' innovation is lower. This suggests that poor …' innovation ability. The World Bank's Enterprise Survey is used first to estimate the return to firms' innovation across many … developing countries, in terms of sales and sales per worker. Then the return to innovation is compared across countries with …

Studies on innovation and international trade have traditionally focused on manufacturing because neither was seen as … growth. Using a recent firm-level innovation survey for Chile to compare the manufacturing and "tradable" services sector …