This study explores the interaction between innovations and financial markets using newly available data of China that present significant geographic variations in economic development. Empirical evidence suggests that provincial banking development encourages local innovations, and provincial intellectual property (IP) protection raises the market values of local firms. Firmlevel innovations l...

Economic theory implies that research and development (R&D) efforts increase firm productivity and ultimately profits. In particular, R&D expenses lead to the development of intangible assets in the form of intellectual property (IP) and these assets command a return that increases overall profits of the firm. This hypothesis is investigated for the North American and European automotive suppli...

This paper examines how multinational corporations (MNCs) protect their research and development (R&D) activities that are conducted in weak intellectual property rights (IPR) regime countries. Findings from a small scale survey and three case studies in China show that hierarchical segmentation of R&D process can be an effective way for MNC R&D labs to protect their intellectual property. Furt...

organizational entrepreneurship as one of the main forms of entrepreneurship has a key role in success of organizations and ventures. on the other hand, among the various factors influencing the organizational entrepreneurship development, intellectual capital, as one of the valuable organization's resources, is considered an essential factor in the institutionalization and development of ...

by the more advances in science and knowledge, the role of staff and human relations (hr) becomes more evident in the progress of the organization and the community. social capital and intellectual capital are the two subjects that in the recent two decades have been considered and their formative roles in organizational development and performance have been confirmed. this study examines the r...