Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications

This paper analyzes innovation trends in North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries by means of the number of patent applications during the period 1965 to 2008. Making use of patent data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Network for Science and Techno...

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Autores principales:	Rodríguez,José Carlos, Gómez,Mario
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2011
Materias:	NAFTA countries intellectual property patent applications innovative activity structural change
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420110003000092011-12-28Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent ApplicationsRodríguez,José CarlosGómez,Mario NAFTA countries intellectual property patent applications innovative activity structural change This paper analyzes innovation trends in North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries by means of the number of patent applications during the period 1965 to 2008. Making use of patent data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Network for Science and Technology Indicators (Red Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, RICYT), we search for presence of multiple structural changes in the patent applications series in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Such changes may suggest that firms' innovative activity has been modified in these countries (Mansfield, 1986). Accordingly, it would be expected that the new regulations implemented in these countries in the 1980s and 1990s have influenced their intellectual property regimes through the NAFTA and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement. Consequently, the question conducting this research is how the new dispositions affecting intellectual regimes in NAFTA countries have affected innovation activities in these countries. The results achieved in this research confirm the existence of multiple structural changes in the series of patent applications resulting from the new legislation implemented in these countries.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.6 n.3 20112011-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242011000300009en10.4067/S0718-27242011000300009
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spellingShingle	NAFTA countries intellectual property patent applications innovative activity structural change Rodríguez,José Carlos Gómez,Mario Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
description	This paper analyzes innovation trends in North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries by means of the number of patent applications during the period 1965 to 2008. Making use of patent data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Network for Science and Technology Indicators (Red Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, RICYT), we search for presence of multiple structural changes in the patent applications series in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Such changes may suggest that firms' innovative activity has been modified in these countries (Mansfield, 1986). Accordingly, it would be expected that the new regulations implemented in these countries in the 1980s and 1990s have influenced their intellectual property regimes through the NAFTA and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement. Consequently, the question conducting this research is how the new dispositions affecting intellectual regimes in NAFTA countries have affected innovation activities in these countries. The results achieved in this research confirm the existence of multiple structural changes in the series of patent applications resulting from the new legislation implemented in these countries.
author	Rodríguez,José Carlos Gómez,Mario
author_facet	Rodríguez,José Carlos Gómez,Mario
author_sort	Rodríguez,José Carlos
title	Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
title_short	Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
title_full	Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
title_fullStr	Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
title_full_unstemmed	Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications
title_sort	innovation trends in nafta countries: an econometric analysis of patent applications
publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
publishDate	2011
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Innovation Trends in NAFTA Countries: an Econometric Analysis of Patent Applications

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