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Information and intellectual property: The global challenges
Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856327
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The Impact of Entry Regulation on Total Welfare: A Policy Experiment
Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph; Zulehner, Christine - CESifo - 2013
This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a dynamic structural model. We formulate an oligopoly model in the tradition of Ericson and Pakes (1995) and allow entry costs to vary over time. Firms have the opportunity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670793
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Universal Intellectual Property Rights: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara; Paillacar, Rodrigo - CESifo - 2013
own innovation. The analysis predicts that the willingness to enforce IPR is U-shaped in a country GDP: small … enforcement of IPR yields a higher level of innovation and global welfare only if the developing country does not innovate. A …
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Breaking the Fence: Patent Rights and Biomedical Innovation in 'Technology Followers'
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although a "medical anti … difficult to predict the impact of patenting on biomedical innovation in developing and least developed countries. This paper … develops a framework of analysis for the impact of patent rights on biomedical innovation in "technology follower" developing …
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Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth - Lessons from the Indian Software Sector
Athreye, Suma - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied these predictions. This paper argues...
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Science vs. Profit in Research. Lessons from the Human Genome Project
Carraro, Carlo; Pomè, Alessandra; Siniscalco, Domenico - CESifo - 2001
This paper elaborates on the recent race to sequence the human genome. Starting from the debate on public vs. private research arising from the genome case, the paper shows that in some fundamental research areas, where knowledge externalities play an important role, market and non-market...
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