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

Contributor(s): Odagiri, Hiroyuki (Editor), Goto, Akira (Editor), Sunami, Atsushi (Editor), Nelson, Richard R (Editor)

ISBN: 9780199574759

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Hardcover

$86.00

Pub Date: June 6, 2010

Dewey: 346.048

LCCN: 2010455227

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.30" H x 9.20" L x 6.40" W ( 1.85 lbs) 464 pages

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