Dukrok Suh Dong-hyun Oh 2024-01-20T07:33:47Z 2024-01-20T07:33:47Z 2021-09-02 2015-03 0040-1625 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/125745 This paper investigates the effects of software intellectual property rights (IPRs) on the performance of software firms. For this, technical efficiency scores for Korean software firms are examined, and for an empirical analysis, data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) methods are employed for robust results. Firm-level data from the Korean software industry on software copyrights and patents for the 1995 ？2005 period are employed. According to the empirical results, software IPRs increase the technical efficiency of software firms. Policy implications are given based on the results of our empirical analysis. English Elsevier Inc. The role of software intellectual property rights in strengthening industry performance: Evidence from South Korea Article 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.11.003 1 Technological Forecasting and Social Change, v.92, pp.140 - 154 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 92 140 154 N ssci scopus 2-s2.0-84922377321 Article Copyrights Data envelopment analysis Efficiency Laws and legislation Patents and inventions Public policy Software engineering Stochastic systems Intellectual property rights Software copyrights Software patents Stochastic frontier analysis Technical efficiency Intellectual property data envelopment analysis empirical analysis industrial performance intellectual property rights software stochasticity technical efficiency South Korea Data envelopment analysis Intellectual property right Software copyright Software patent Stochastic frontier analysis Technical efficiency