Intellectual Property Protection, Product Life-cycle Lengths, and the Boundaries of Multinational Corporations

Author:

Zhang Yiming1,Ye Zuoliang1,Li Yunong1

Affiliation:

1. Southwest University of Finance and Economics: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents a theoretical model based on transaction cost analysis and the resource-based view. It establishes that the corporate boundaries of multinational corporations are determined by the length of the product life cycle and the level of intellectual property protection in the host country. The empirical results based on the panel data of U.S. multinational corporations' import trade of 208 types of products in 18 countries from 2002 to 2013 validate the extrapolation results of the theoretical model. The study finds that the most significant determinants of multinational corporations' boundaries are the length of the product life cycle and the level of IPR protection in the host country.

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

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