This book promotes the creation of advanced knowledge-based economies driven by innovation networks and the continuous …-based industries of the Asia Pacific, and highlights research on: modes of creativity and innovation; intellectual property; the … components of national innovation systems such as firms, education and training; knowledge and technical infrastructure; and …

This paper examines how the role of patents and utility models in innovation and economic growth varies by level of … innovation and that patentable innovations contribute to economic growth in developed countries, but not in developing. Instead … innovation and growth, controlling for other factors. Using Korean firm level data as a case study, we find that utility model …