OECD Trade Policy Papers

ISSN :
1816-6873 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/18166873
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This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected trade policy studies prepared for use within the OECD.

NB. No. 1 to No. 139 were released under the previous series title OECD Trade Policy Working Papers.

 

Trade and Innovation Project: A Synthesis Paper You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Osamu Onodera
Publication Date
07 Aug 2008
Bibliographic information
No.:
72
Pages
61
DOI
10.1787/240602178318

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This paper, together with five case studies, is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. The study looks at the role of trade and investment in technology transfer, the competition effects of trade and investment on innovation as well as economies of scale. The study also looks at Global Value Chains as an organisational innovation in its own right, which is supported by a freer trade and investment environment. The study also forms a contribution to the OECD Innovation Strategy launched at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in 2007.
Keywords:
MNEs, licensing, multinational enterprises, technology transfer, absorption capacity, innovation, scale economies, Doha Development Agenda, competition, global value chains, TRIPs, intellectual property rights