... collaborations in Latin America, focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR), access to scientific knowledge and regulatory quality. Design/methodology/approach We analyze data from 17 Latin American countries from 2002–2015 using time-series panel analysis to evaluate how different NIS elements affect...

... environment is not available at the state level, hence we used component analysis to arrive at the single component for the institutional factor. The study takes into account corruption, legal system, industrial disputes, man-days lost, labour availability, political risk, protection of IPR and agglomeration...