The Influence Of Patent Protection On Firm Innovation Investment In Manufacturing Industries
Cite
13 J. of Int'l Management 91
Year
2007
Bluebook cite
Brent B. Allred & Walter G. Park, The Influence Of Patent Protection On Firm Innovation Investment In Manufacturing Industries, 13 J. of Int'l Management 91 (Jun. 2007)
An empirical study of "whether firms in countries that have strong and strengthening patent rights have a higher propensity to innovate." The study finds that "there is a very strong positive relationship between the level of a country's patent rights and changes in patent rights on firm innovation investment." The article covers VC as well as intra-company investment.