Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of Soybean Seeds in Argentina and the United States

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Author(s): Mercedes Campi (IIEP-Baries (UBA-CONICET), Argentina)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 21
Source title: Handbook of Research on Driving Competitive Advantage through Sustainable, Lean, and Disruptive Innovation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Latif Al-Hakim (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), Xiaobo Wu (Zhejiang University, China), Andy Koronios (University of South Australia, Australia)and Yongyi Shou (Zhejiang University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0135-0.ch014

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Management Science

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As a contribution to the open debate regarding the effect of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on innovation, this chapter postulates that the adoption of strong IPRs is not a necessary condition to foster innovation in the plant breeding industry. The chapter studies the evolution of the soybean breeding industry in the US and Argentina and shows that regardless the level of intellectual property protection, if there is an attractive and profitable market, firms may search for different appropriability strategies rather than changing their innovative behavior. The chapter finds that the growth rates of new soybean varieties are similar in both countries and the adoption rate is faster in Argentina where the IPRs system is weaker.

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