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R&D internationalization strategies of the world's top corporate R&D investors
Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - 2021
This paper contributes to the debate on the internationalization of the R&D activity of multinational enterprises (MNEs …). Specifically, we examine the following research questions: (1) What are the determinants of the MNEs’ R&D internationalization … different strategy mixes by MNEs? To this end, we merge data on 2,000 global research leaders from the 2012-2014 period with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510315
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From bricks to brains : increasing the contribution of knowledge-based capital to growth in Ireland
Haugh, David - 2013
With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231006
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Trends of Patent and Utility Model Activities in Asia and Africa : A Comparison of Regional Innovation, FDI and Economic Activity
Mwiya, Bruce - 2017
The 21st century has been characterised by the knowledge economy in which contemporary wealth creation emanates from information, knowledge and intangible assets (intellectual property (IP)). This article undertakes comparative analyses of trends in innovation activity in five newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974823
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Foreign direct investment spillovers and pharmaceutical innovation : the role of intellectual property rights
Ho, Chun-Yu; Li, Xin; Zhou, Weimin - 2017
This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering the pharmaceutical industries across 29 provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the period 1998-2007. We show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723712
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Chapter 8. Trade, Intellectual Property Rights, and the World Trade Organization
Saggi, K. - 2016
This chapter surveys the literature on international trade and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the global economy. The discussion is organized around the major questions in the field. How does openness to trade affect national incentives for patent protection? What is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023447
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R&D strategy of small and medium enterprises in India
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - 2010
The liberalization of economic policies in the last two decades and intensifying market competition tend to be a cause of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India. These SMEs account for the largest chunk of industrial units and employment in the national economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524087
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on MNEs’ Decisions to Invest in Developing Countries : Empirical Evidence from New Swiss Firm-Level FDI Panel Data
Hold, Arno - 2015
multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive … FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53 developing WTO Members over a period of 21 years (1990-2010), this study … seeks to examine whether the local IP protection level has a significant positive effect on MNEs' decisions to invest in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033949
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The Impact of Intellectual Capital on International Business – An Analysis of Investments in Intellectual Capital & Export Performance
Kavida, V. - 2010
International Business is understood as commercial activity which transcends borders. In the era of Globalization, the distinction between domestic business and international business has become insignificant. Most of the domestic firms go international due to some ‘proactive/reactive' factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142434
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Global investment decisions and patent protection : evidence from German multinationals
Nabokin, Tatjana - 2014
This paper investigates the role of patent protection in the global investment decisions of multinational firms. Using comprehensive firm-level panel data of German multinationals, we investigate how changes in a host country’s patent protection influence the extensive and intensive margin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439153
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Entry into a Foreign Market : Foreign Direct Investment Versus Licensing
Saggi, Kamal - 1998
We compare foreign direct investment (FDI) and technology licensing as two modes of entry into a foreign market. While direct entry via FDI dissipates rents in the host country, opportunistic competition from a licensee may erode rents in the entrant's other markets. Since FDI increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079957