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Description

1. xv, 470 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

1. "The international transfer of technology is one of the most important features of the global economy. However, the literature on it is sparse. This book encapsulates the author's contributions to this field over the last three decades and provides insights into the manner, mechanisms, and cost of technology transfer across national boundaries and the implications for (the theory of) the international firm." "The international transfer of technology is one of the most important features of the global economy. However, the literature on it is sparse. This book encapsulates the author's contributions to this field over the last three decades and provides insights into the manner, mechanisms, and cost of technology transfer across national boundaries and the implications for (the theory of) the international firm."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Technology transfer > Law and legislation
2. Technological innovations > Law and legislation
3. Licensavtal
4. Verenigde Staten
5. Upphovsrätt
6. Technische vernieuwing
7. Technology transfer > Law and legislation > United States
8. Teknologiöverföring
9. Legislation
10. Tekniska innovationer
11. Know-how
12. Tekniköverföring > juridik och lagstiftning
13. Technological innovations > Law and legislation > United States
14. Multinationella företag
15. United States
16. Kennisoverdracht
17. Innovations > États-Unis
18. Accords sur les licences
19. Technical innovations
20. International business enterprises
21. Lagstiftning
22. Licenties
23. Internationale ondernemingen
24. License agreements > United States

Contents

1. Technology transfer by multinational firms : the resource cost of transferring technological know-how -- Time-cost tradeoffs : elasticity estimates and determinants for international technology transfer projects -- The market for know-how and the efficient international transfer of technology -- Technology and technology transfer : Mansfieldian inspirations and subsequent developments -- Profiting from technological innovation : implications for integration, collaboration, licensing and public policy -- Managing intellectual capital : licensing and cross-licensing in semiconductors and electronics -- Patents, licensing, and entrepreneurship : effectuating innovation in multi-invention contexts -- Royalties, evolving patent rights, and the value of innovation -- Standards setting and antitrust -- A primer on trademarks and trademark valuation -- Firm organization, industrial structure, and technological innovation -- Overseas research and development by US-based firms -- Inter-organizational requirements of the innovation process -- Strategic alliances and industrial research -- Organizing for innovation : when is virtual virtuous? -- Mitigating procurement hazards in the context of innovation -- Technology transfer and R & D activities of multinational firms : some theory and evidence -- The multinational enterprise : market failure and market power considerations -- Multinational enterprise, internal governance, and industrial organization -- Transactions cost economics and the multinational enterprise : an assessment -- Dynamic capabilities and multinational enterprise : Penrosean insights and omissions.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470).