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Breaking the Fence: Can Patent Rights Deter Biomedical Innovation in “Technology Followers”?
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2005
The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although a “medical anti-commons” has been predicted due to a proliferation of patents on upstream technologies, evidence to test these concerns is only now emerging. However, most industrial surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712400
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Capacity development for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: Concepts, contexts, case studies and operational challenges of a systems perspective.
Hall, Andy; Dijkman, Jeroen - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
There are divergent views on what capacity development might mean in relation to agricultural biotechnology. The core … than science and technology capacity that has to be developed. The context of deploying biotechnology in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856319
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Rough Road to Market: Institutional Barriers to Innovations in Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
biotechnology products to the market requires even greater resources. This paper aims to understand the key factors that foster or … by examining systemic institutional barriers to commercializing biotechnology in a develping context within a systems of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712041
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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences
Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712051
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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-commons" has been predicted due to a proliferation of patents on upstream technologies, evidence to test these concerns is only now emerging. However, most industrial surveys that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712264
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Is there complementarity or substitutability between internal and external R&D strategies?
Hagedoorn, John; Wang, Ning - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
The mixed picture of extant research on the relationship between internal and external R&D prompts us to ask such a question: under what conditions is there complementarity or substitutability between different R&D strategies? The goal of this paper is to contribute to the empirical literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712267
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Defining an Intellectual Property Right on Traditional Medicinal Knowledge: A Process-Oriented Perspective
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2003
biotechnology-based pharmaceutical research, the paper derives a justification for an intellectual property right for traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712408
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Does New Technology Bode Well for Working Women?: An Evaluation and Analysis
Mitter, Swasti - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 1995
Drawing on an extensive survey of empirical work in the field of information technologies and biotechnologies, the paper highlights the relevance of new technologies in improving the quality and quantity of women's employment in the modern sector. The analysis identifies the differential impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712422
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The determinants of the outward foreign direct investment of China and India: Whither the home country?
Tolentino, Paz Estrella - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
of the outward FDI of China and India using multiple time-series data from 1982 to 2006 and from 1980 to 2006 … Granger cause the level of outward FDI of China. By contrast, the national technological capability of India Granger causes …-specific macroeconomic factors considered, while the level of outward FDI of India Granger causes their national interest rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856296
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Comparing Chinese and the Indian Software MNCs: Domestic and Export Market Strategies and Their Interplay
Niosi, Jorge; Tschang, F. Ted - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
China and India are emerging as major new entrants in the international software industry. Both are rapidly learning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856341