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Determinants of Research and Development and
Intellectual Property Usage among Australian Companies,
1989 to 2002

The paper traces the innovation pathways of new creations from research and development (R&D) activity through to intellectual property applications using enterprise panel data from 1989 to 2002. Results indicate that R&D activity is a highly path dependent process that relies heavily on firm specific effects.