Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch Up: An International Comparative Study

by RichardR.Nelson (Editor), HiroyukiOdagiri (Editor), Akira Goto (Editor), Atsushi Sunami (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $178.77

  For most countries, economic development involves 'catching up' with leading countries. This needs more than physical assets and labour: it requires technological capabilities, educational attainment, entrepreneurship, and development of the necessary institutional infrastructure, including intellectual property rights, particularly patents.