Strategic intellectual property protection policy and north-south technology transfer

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I analyze the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in developing countries through its impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and joint ventures (JV) are introduced to the strategic IPR literature. In a North-South trade environment, the South sets the IPR policy strategically by anticipating the Northern firm’s R&D expenditure and multinationalization decision. A stringent IPR policy is always chosen in order to motivate technology transfer through FDI, which in turn improves welfare. JVs bring in more profits for the Southern firm, but FDI is the optimal form of transfer in terms of welfare.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP03/13

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Technological Change: Government Policy
• Subject: intellectual property rights ; technology transfer ; multinational firms ; joint ventures ; North-South trade ; Immaterialgüterrechte ; Technologietransfer ; Nord-Süd-Beziehungen ; Entwicklungsländer

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Naghavi, Alireza
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University College Dublin, Department of Economics
• (where): Dublin
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72326
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