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This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary reviews of the relationship between services, globalisation and trade liberalisation as we enter the twenty-first century. Written by academics and policymakers, it contains a detailed analysis of the characteristics of service trade and of...
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It is widely recognised that many copyright issues are also economic issues. As a result the level of interest in the economics of copyright continues to grow. This carefully edited book presents a selection of the most important recent contributions to a wide range of economic topics on...
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and the European Communities in Comparative Perspective', Journal of World Intellectual Property, 9 (6), 629-53 -- Debora … J. Halbert (2007), 'The World Intellectual Property Organization: Past, Present and Future', Journal of the Copyright …', Philosophy and Social Action, 21 (3), July-September, 7-22 -- Graham Dutfield (2007), 'A Rights-free World - Is it Workable, and …
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Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and...
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This book examines the way in which the increasing internationalization of services, including the operation of multinationals in this sector, interacts with the process of innovation in services. The book challenges the theoretical traditions that have developed around the analysis of service...
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, scholarly literature on the expanding role of trade in services in the world economy remained scarce. This timely research … and WTO as Commitment Mechanisms', World Trade Review, 5 (3), November, 415-43 -- Rudolf Adlung (2006), 'Public Services … and Service Trade Liberalization, Chapter 10, Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 167-89 -- Claude …
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developing and developed world and provides models of successful research conducted in developing and transition countries …
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pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …
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Despite the disruption of the multilateral trade talks at Seattle in December 1999, the work of the World Trade …1. The World Trade Organization and the international political economy -- 2. Institutional development of the WTO -- 3 …. Agenda setting for a millennial round : challenges and opportunities -- 4. Corporations and structural linkages in world …
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One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
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