Innovation or imitation? The role of intellectual property rights protections

We study how uncompensated research and development (R&D) spillovers the leakage of proprietary information through imitation or theft affect firms investment decisions. Using variation in property rights protections across different regions within China we find that (1) uncompensated spillovers...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of multinational financial management 2013-07, Vol.23 (3), p.208-234
Hauptverfasser:	Fan, Joseph P.H., Gillan, Stuart L, Yu, Xin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Economic incentives Innovation Intellectual property rights Investment decision Research and development Spillovers
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