This article contributes to the literature on innovation and development by identifying the determinants of innovation, and the role of intellectual property rights, in industrialized and developing countries. Controlling for sample selection, I find that, in general, the level of intellectual...

Innovation is at the basis of economic development and as such, it is instrumental for developing countries. We review the literature on innovation from the perspectives of four select branches of economics to build a conceptual framework of innovation applicable to developing countries. The...

This article contributes to the literature on innovation and development by identifying the determinants of innovation, and the role of intellectual property rights, in industrialized and developing countries. Controlling for sample selection, I find that, in general, the level of intellectual...

Drei Wochen vor Beginn der sechsten WTO-Ministerkonferenz in Hongkong sieht es so aus, als ob es die 148 Mitgliedstaaten der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) nicht schaffen werden, den in Doha (Katar) abgesprochenen Liberalisierungsfahrplan für den Welthandel einzuhalten. Bei einer Reihe von...

The role patents play for innovation is not clear, but patenting activity has increased in the last decades. This article reviews the empirical evidence on traditional and novel roles of patents to assess their impacts on innovation in developing countries. It shows that patents are not likely...