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4. IP Measures for Transmission and Exploitation of Technological Knowledge

Authors : Dan Prud’homme, Taolue Zhang

Published in: China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation

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The ability of technological knowledge to be efficiently created and shared among different economic agents in a NIS is a fundamental determinant of the ability of an economy to sustainably generate innovation (Freeman in Technology Policy and Economic Performance: lessons from Japan. Pinter Publishers, London, 1987; Lundvall in National systems of innovation: towards a theory of innovation and interactive learning. Pinter Press, London, 1992; Nelson National innovation systems: a comparative analysis, Oxford University Press, UK, 1993). Mechanisms for transmission and exploitation of technological knowledge are central to this process.

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Title: IP Measures for Transmission and Exploitation of Technological Knowledge
Authors: Dan Prud’homme
Taolue Zhang
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-10403-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-10404-7

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10404-7_4

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