知识产权保护、技术创新与技术转移——基于全球价值链分工的视角

Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Technology Innovation and Technology Transfer: A Global Value Chain Perspective

本文在全球价值链分工视角下构建了分析知识产权保护制度与技术创新、技术转移和劳动力工资之间相互关系与作用机制的基本框架,并且利用2003-2012年美国在亚太地区和拉丁美洲26个国家的跨国公司面板数据进行了经验验证。结果表明:(1)当知识产权保护提高时,高质量产品的创新成功率将会得到一定时期的增加。(2)当知识产权保护提高时,拥有高质量产品的全球价值链链主更愿意将生产制造部分放置于成本较低的发展中国家,从而增加技术转移的可能性。(3)当知识产权保护提高时,链主所在的发达国家与成本较低的发展中国家之间的工资差距会缩小。

From the perspective of global value chain, the paper analyzes the interrelation among intellectual property rights （IPR） protection, technology innova- tion and technology transfer. Data of multinational firms of the United States lo- cated in the countries of the Asian-Pacific region and Latin America from 2003 to 2012 is used to conduct the empirical test. The findings are as follows. First, when the IPR protection is strengthened, the probability of successful innovation of high quality products will rise in a certain period. Second, with a stronger IPR protection, the leader on the global value chain will be more willing to place the manufacturing link in the low-cost developing countries, which increases technology transfer. Lastly, a stronger IPR protection can work to narrow the wage gap between developed countries and developing countries.