The Effects of Patent Characteristics as Signals on the Growth of Follow-on Innovations: Evidence from Chinese Patenting Activities in U.S

• Main Author: GUO, Wenxin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: China; cross-national patent; innovation; intellectual property rights; research and development; Asian Studies; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/43; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As global trade and business activities intensified, cross-national patenting activities have been playing an increasingly important role in the process of innovation accumulation and growth. However, few studies (to my knowledge) have examined the characteristics of cross-national patents and their...