It is hardly surprising that companies try to exploit their intellectual property rights (IPRs) globally. This has generated hated disputes on the advantages and disadvantages associated to a global regime of IPRs. The aim of this chapter is to put the debate in the right context of what IP can...

This paper examines the relationship between countries' international profile and their innovation performance using data for 32 European countries. The overall contribution of the paper lies in: (a) an in-depth exploration of empirical correlations between innovation and several indicators of...

This chapter applies the framework of public goods to knowledge. It shows that knowledge has some characteristics of public good, such as being non-rival in consumption and in the long run non excludable. But it also argues that knowledge cannot be transferred from producers to users at low or...

There is a heated debated – in academia and in policy circles – about the usefulness of a stronger global regime of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Supporters of strong IPRs argue that they will increase investments in R&D and innovation and disseminating it across countries. Detractors...

Machine generated contents note: Notes on Contributors viii Editors' Introduction: Science, Technology, and Innovation Go Global 1 Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti Part I Global Trends 13 1 The Convergence Paradox: The Global Evolution of National Innovation Systems 15 Fulvio Castellacci...

This paper analyses the impact of internationalization on the innovation performance of 42 countries. Innovation performance – the dependent variable – is measured by the number of triad patents and PCT applications that originate from a country. The following internationalization variables...