Eleventh Global Studies Conference

Abstract

This paper discusses the impact of globalization on intellectual capabilities of various countries. The paper has two main issues to examine. One issue is to analyze whether globalization has increased the intellectual output at a global level and second is to check the distribution of intellectual output among the countries. The paper uses empirical method to see the performance of various countries on the globalization index and their subsequent performance in their intellectual output in the form of patent registration by resident applicants in a country and the number of published articles in that country. The empirical analysis shows highly skewed results where we see globalization has actually increased the intellectual disparity among the countries of world. Countries already on the path of innovation and patent registration gained more specialization in it and over a period of fifteen years attained further growth in their intellectual output whereas developing countries that were already behind in this race remained further disadvantaged.