Russian Innovation and Intellectual Property: From Communism to Capitalism

Name: Russian Innovation and Intellectual Property: From Communism to Capitalism
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009770873
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Author: Svitlana Lebedenko
ISBN: 9781009770873

By Svitlana Lebedenko

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ISBN-13: 9781009770873
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book explores Russia's 100-year history of institutional experiments with legal forms, incentives, and organizational structures in search of an optimal system of knowledge production and diffusion. How was the Soviet Union able to industrialize in the absence of intellectual property, while Russia fails to re-industrialize despite adopting strong intellectual property rights that are presumed to be better suited to promoting innovation? What happened to Russia after it introduced the globalized rules of intellectual property? Informed by interviews with key players in the Russian innovation system and case studies in biopharmaceutical and information technology industries, the book exposes the informal side of the institution of intellectual property in Russia. The study reveals that the Russian case is not simply a story of institutional decline; it is also a story of how a new informal system is evolving in which new networks are steering Russia's approach to innovation.

1. Revolution and decline

2. The soviet governance of innovation

3. The institutional mismatch

4. Health, rents, and patent games

5. Information technology and national security

6. Lessons from the country of extremes

7. Conclusions

Appendix I. Interviews

Bibliography

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