In order to begin developing a base of paying licensees in the context of widespread infringement, IP owners must sometimes significantly discount licensing terms in their early negotiations – with a view that successful licenses, even at a relatively low price, will deliver value by...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to gauge and compare the impact of surface street traffic externalities on residential properties. Limited previous research indicates that negative externalities dominate for single-family houses. Our objective is to verify that this result applies to...

1. Historical perspective of active shooter events -- 2. Increased complexity of events -- 3. Active shooter events in the United States from 2000-2010 / with M. Hunter Martaindale -- 4. Preparation for the event -- 5. Stop the killing -- 6. Entry and confronting the threat -- 7. Post engagement...

Concerns have been raised that potential retail activity is being lost in rural areas. This study examines the response of retail employment and the number of retail establishments to changes in local employment in isolated rural areas. Since many attempts to strengthen rural retail activity...

Chaos and complexity in a bioterrorism future / Reuben R. McDaniel -- Environmental jolt of bioterrorism / Leonard Friedman, Peter Marghella -- Changing organizations for their likely mass-casualties future / James W. Begun, H. Joanna Jiang -- Multiprovider systems as first line responders to...

This is the second biennial volume reviewing the state-of-the-art on a wide variety of micro and macro health care management topics in the popular "Advances in Health Care Management" series. It proudly showcases reviews of both empirical and conceptual research in specific areas of health care...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether residents' satisfaction with seven general purpose public services are capitalized in single‐family house prices. The public services investigated are: fire protection, paramedic services, police protection, trash removal,...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that neighborhoods characterized by satisfying social relationships among residents have higher housing prices than areas where people are less satisfied with their neighbors. Design/methodology/approach – A semi‐logarithm...