Offshoring and intellectual property rights reform

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-31

  Canals, Claudia ^a   Şener, Fuat ^b  

^a La Caixa ^*  (Spain)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property rights; Multinational firms; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Patents; Subcontracting; Technology

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING; POLICY REFORM; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; REFORM PROCESS; SUBCONTRACTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893424404     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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