Author： Panagopoulos Andreas
Publisher： Inderscience Publishers
ISSN： 1368-275X
Source： International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol.9, Iss.1-2, 2009-03, pp. : 4-11
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Abstract
Even though stronger patent protection increases an innovator's incentives to innovate, the entrenched boundaries of her innovation may prove non-surpassable to some innovators, who choose not to innovate. As innovators abstain from innovating we should witness a reduction in knowledge spillovers that hinders innovation.
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