HCBE Faculty Articles

The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Foreign Direct Investment

ORCID

Belay Seyoum0000-0002-8527-6481

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Columbia Journal of World Business

ISSN

1873-7536

Publication Date

Spring 1996

Abstract/Excerpt

While foreign direct investment (FDI) has been discussed extensively, little research has been undertaken on the nature and direction of the relationship between intellectual property rights protection and FDI. The author uses empirical findings based on a study of 27 countries to support the propositions that the level of intellectual property rights protection is a strong determinant of inward investment and that intellectual property rights have a greater impact on inward investment than many economic policy variables among certain country groups.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5428(96)90006-X

Volume

31

Issue

1

First Page

50

Last Page

59

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