Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch Up - An International Comparative Study (Hardcover)

For most countries, economic development involves a process of "catching up" with leading countries at the time. This is never achieved solely by physical assets and labor alone: also needed are the accumulation of technological capabilities, educational attainment, entrepreneurship, and the development of the necessary institutional infrastructure. One element of this infrastructure is the regime of intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents. Patents may promote innovation and catch up, and they may foster formal technology transfer. Yet they may also prove to be barriers for developing countries that intend to acquire technologies through imitation and reverse engineering. The current move to harmonize the IPR system internationally, such as the TRIPS agreement, may thus have unexpected consequences for developing countries.
This book explores these issues through an in depth study of eleven countries ranging from early developers (the USA, Nordic Countries and Japan), and Post World War 2 countries (Korea, Taiwan, Israel) to more recent emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, India and Thailand).
With contributions from international experts on innovation systems, this book will be an invaluable resource for academics and policymakers in the fields of economic development, innovation studies and intellectual property laws.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	June 2010
Editors:	Hiroyuki Odagiri • Akira Goto • Atsushi Sunami • Richard R. Nelson
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-957475-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents Promotions
LSN:	0-19-957475-8
Barcode:	9780199574759

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