Appropriate intellectual property protection and economic growth in countries at different levels of development

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-375

  Kim, Yee Kyoung ^a   Lee, Keun ^b   Park, Walter G ^c   Choo, Kineung ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Intellectual Property   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea Naval Academy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Growth; Imitation; Innovation; Patents; Utility models

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IMITATION; INNOVATIVE RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PATENT PROTECTION; PATENTS; STEPPING STONE; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; UTILITY MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84855946621     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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