European Union and Japan to harmonize patent legislation for the biotechnology sector appears to be flawed. … confidential secrecy in R&D is less significant for Japanese enterprises. Founded upon this difference the amount of patent induced … comparatively dominant, i.e. in Japan the negative aspects of patent protection effect the system more immediately. Thus, one might …

European Union and Japan to harmonize patent legislation for the biotechnology sector appears to be flawed. … confidential secrecy in R&D is less significant for Japanese enterprises. Founded upon this difference the amount of patent induced … comparatively dominant, i.e. in Japan the negative aspects of patent protection effect the system more immediately. Thus, one might …

The specific characteristics of the R&D system of the modern molecular biotechnology lead to the fact that patent … consistent standards for patents in the area of genetic engineering, are only scarcely reasonable. Due to national distinctions … of cultural and traditional conditions with view to the allocation and usage of property rights, an optimal patent system …

three economic areas: USA, Japan and Europe and we select their environmental and dirty patents from European Patent Office … development of new patents, is a key factor behind the achievement of desired economic performances. Empirical literature usually …

This paper want to shown that current knowledge management approaches do not emphasise enough on knowledge sharing from … reengineering project perspective. To achieve success with reengineering project, an organisation must possess and share knowledge … these results it was assumed that the key to implementing with success reengineering project is having a wide knowledge …

Knowledge loss is not a remote phenomenon, unique to one knowledge system. Rather we argue that the loss of knowledge … is an issue for other knowledge systems as well. Knowledge loss is certainly a concern for anthropologists working on … indigenous knowledge, fearful of ‘losing’ indigenous knowledge entirely as a result of modernisation (cf. Cox, 2000). Equally …

The 21st century brings along the recognition for the necessity to understand and measure the activity of knowledge … in order to develop policies that would promote these benefits. Knowledge management (KM) implies any activity regarding … the capture and the diffusion of knowledge within the organization. In our study we analyze the impacts and dimensions of …

In the knowledge-based economy, universities are encountering dramatic changes. Their missions and functions are …‘pragmatized’ because of emerging new players and competing markets for knowledge production, the availability of higher education to a … collaboration opportunities, commercial exploitation, and is increasingly transdisciplinary. This paper argues that knowledge …