While existing literature examined the impact of intellectual property protection on the
volume of foreign direct investment (FDI), little is known about its effect on the composition of …

This paper aims at overcoming several shortcomings of previous empirical studies on the
relationship between IPR protection and FDI. First of all, we use sectorally disaggregated …

This is one of the first empirical studies of the relationship between a developing country's
system of intellectual property protection and the volume and composition of US foreign …

While foreign direct investment (FDI) has been discussed extensively, little research has
been undertaken on the nature and direction of the relationship between intellectual …

What is the impact of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on foreign direct investment
(FDI)? Has the coming into effect of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual …

Leveraging a 14-year panel of 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries, we advance the
institution-based view in international business research by focusing on how institutional …

Policy makers and analysts require a better understanding of the effect, if any, that a
developing country's system of intellectual property rights protection has on the transfer of …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing to developed countries is a widespread
phenomenon in the global economy. The literature suggests that such investments …

This paper explores why theories about the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR)
protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) and innovation have reached mixed …

There is scarcity of empirical studies focusing on the role of intellectual property rights (IPR)
in attracting FDI into developing nations, especially large economies with relatively strong …