Intellectual property rights and patenting in China's high-technology industries: Does ownership matter?

China and World Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 102-122

  Yang, Chih Hai ^a   Kuo, Chun Chien ^b   Ramstetter, Eric D ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^c The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ownership; Patent; R D; Technology import

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053511721     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2011.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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