TY - JOUR
T1 - IPR law protection and enforcement and the effect on horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms
T2 - a meta-analysis
AU - Christopoulou, Danai
AU - Papageorgiadis, Nikolaos
AU - Wang, Chengang
AU - Magkonis, Georgios
PY - 2021/4/23
Y1 - 2021/4/23
N2 - We study the role of the strength of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law protection and enforcement in influencing horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms in host countries. While most WTO countries adopted strong IPR legislation due to exogenous pressure resulting from the signing of the Trade-Related Aspects of IPR (TRIPS) agreement, public IPR enforcement strength continues to vary significantly between countries. We meta-analyse 49 studies and find that public IPR enforcement strength has a direct positive effect on horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms and a negative moderating effect on the relationship between IPR law protection strength and horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms.
AB - We study the role of the strength of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law protection and enforcement in influencing horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms in host countries. While most WTO countries adopted strong IPR legislation due to exogenous pressure resulting from the signing of the Trade-Related Aspects of IPR (TRIPS) agreement, public IPR enforcement strength continues to vary significantly between countries. We meta-analyse 49 studies and find that public IPR enforcement strength has a direct positive effect on horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms and a negative moderating effect on the relationship between IPR law protection strength and horizontal productivity spillovers from inward FDI to domestic firms.
KW - Intellectual property rights
KW - Horizontal spillovers
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Inward foreign direct investment
U2 - 10.1007/s11575-021-00443-0
DO - 10.1007/s11575-021-00443-0
M3 - Article
SN - 0938-8249
VL - 61
SP - 235
EP - 266
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
ER -