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The role of patent protection in (clean/green) technology transfer
Hall, Bronwyn; Helmers, Christian - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
innovation and international technology transfer in general. The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country … encourages technology transfer to that country but that its impact on innovation and development is much more ambiguous. We then … externalities, implies that IP may not be the ideal and cannot be the only policy instrument to encourage innovation in this area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642568
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Inter-firm technology transfer: Partnership-embedded licensing or standard licensing agreements?
Hagedoorn, John; Lorenz-Orlean, Stefanie; Kranenburg, Hans - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
When companies decide to engage in technology transfer through licensing to other firms, they have two basic options: to use standard licensing contracts or to set-up more elaborate partnership-embedded licensing agreements. We find that broader partnership-embedded licensing agreements are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451581
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Russia's emerging multinationals: trends and issues
Filippov, Sergey - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
The paper focuses on the emergence of Russia's multinational companies. It aims to analyse their motives to internationalise as well as the approaches to internationalisation. While relevance of the theoretical perspectives is highlighted, the intention of the paper is to contribute to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005510300
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Intra-firm Technology Transfer and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Substitutes or Complements? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms
Belderbos, René; Ito, Banri; Wakasugi, Ryuhei - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
R&D in foreign affiliates and technology transferred from their parent firms are important potential drivers of productivity in host countries. In this paper we examine the simultaneous impact of local R&D and intra-firm international technology transfer on productivity growth in foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150818