The Mexican exception: Patents and innovation policy in a non-conformist and reluctant middle income country

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-318

  Shadlen, Kenneth C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; innovation; Latin America; Mexico; patents

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LIBERALIZATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84859195760     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2012.9     Document Type: Article

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