Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Hiroyuki Odagiri ... [et al.] -- IPR and US economic catch-up / David C. Mowery -- Knowledge flows and catching-up industrialization in the Nordic countries : the roles of patent systems / Kristine Bruland and Keith Smith -- IPR and the catch-up process in Japan / Hiroyuki Odagiri, Akira Goto, and Atsushi Sunami -- IPR and technological catch-up in Korea / Keun Lee and Yee Kyoung Kim -- IPR and catch-up : the case of Taiwan's IC industry / Hsueh-Liang Wu, Yi-Chia Chiu, and Ting-Lin Lee -- Israel's high-tech catch-up process : the role of IPR and other policies / Meir Pugatch, Morris Teubal, and Odeda Zlotnick -- Innovation and IPR in a catch-up-falling-behind process : the Argentine case / Andrés López -- Accumulation of technological capabilities and economic development : did Brazil's IPR regime matter? / Roberto Mazzoleni and Luciano Martins Costa Póvoa -- Relationships between IPR and technology catch-up : some evidence from China / Lan Xue and Zheng Liang -- The accumulation of capabilities in Indian pharmaceuticals and software : the roles that patents did (and did not) play / Bhaven N. Sampat -- The roles of IPR regime on Thailand's technological catching up / Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Peera Charoenporn -- Conclusion / Hiroyuki Odagiri ... [et al.].