Erratum: Corrigendum: Intellectual property, technology transfer and manufacture of low-cost HPV vaccines in India

Intellectual Property Protection , Internalization , and Technology Transfer

I analyze the manner in which multinational enterprises facilitate technology transfer from the North to the South, and the role played by the protection of intellectual property. Different industries respond to changes in intellectual property protection (IPP) regimes differently, and will alter their mode of entry accordingly. Firms with complex but easily imitable products will tend to inter...

Intellectual property rights, technology transfer and exports in developing countries

We develop a model to analyze one mechanism under which stronger intellectual property rights (IPR) protection may improve the ability of firms in developing countries to break into export markets. A Northern firm with a superior process technology chooses either exports or technology transfer through licensing as its mode of supplying the Southern market, based on local IPR policy. Given this ...

Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property and Effective University-industry Partnerships

Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer to Adress Clima

Strategic Intellectual Property Protection Policy and North-South Technology Transfer

I analyze the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries through its impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and cooperation are introduced to the strategic IPR literature. In a North-South framework, the Southern government sets the IPR policy strategically by anticipating the Northern firm’s decision on...