Oh I Think I Found Myself a Cheerleader: An Empirical Approach to the Relevancy of Patents in Motivating Innovation and Driving Economic Growth

Innovation is generally regarded as an essential aspect of the economic growth for a country. Intellectual property rights such as patents are often held in the same regard of importance towards promoting the pursuit of innovation. This paper examines this assumption and explores whether patent appl...

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Main Author: Xu, Jiani
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2016
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/732
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1827&context=scripps_theses