Intellectual property rights and the governance of international R&D partnerships

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hagedoorn, J; Cloodt, D; van Kranenburg, H
• 署名单位: Maastricht University; Maastricht University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400122
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 175-186
• 关键词: international partnerships; Intellectual property rights protection; R&D

摘要

This paper studies the degree to which country differences in intellectual property rights protection affect the choice of companies for a particular mode of international inter-firm R&D partnering. It focuses on the preference of companies for either an equity joint venture or a contractual partnership. We find that international differences in intellectual property rights protection are a significant factor: with less secure protection, firms choose R&D joint ventures rather than contractual partnerships. The level of technological change in industries has an inverse effect on the preference for international R&D joint ventures.