This paper analyses the main institutional mechanisms that foster the emergence andperformance of firms in knowledge-intensive sectors in developing countries. We use theempirical data collected in 2005 and 2006 in the South African computer hardware andsoftware sectors and the Malaysian...

The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue.Although a “medical anti-commons” has been predicted due to a proliferation of patents onupstream technologies, evidence to test these concerns is only now emerging. However, mostindustrial surveys that...