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Perceptions of intellectual property: a review
Ghafele, Roya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
discourse on IP and globalization. The one is interested in advancing the knowledge economy, an approach based on the belief … advance the process of globalization. While the former is strongly motivated by new economic growth theory, as for example … advanced by Stanford professor Paul Romer, the latter is based on typical anti-globalization arguments, such as for example the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259757
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Economic Recognition of Innovation
Rao, Balkrishna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Globalization has benefited the economies of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and … and alleviating the negative influences of globalization is stressed. Also, a tentative analysis on the economies of U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621804
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A Mountain Biker cannot start a journey in sixth gear: An Assessment of the U.N. Global Compact’s Use of Soft Law as a Global Governance Structure for Corporate Social Responsibili...
Ghafele, Roya; Mercer, Angus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The practical impossibility of employing hard law at an international level has meant that softer codes of conduct have stepped in to fill the void. The Global Compact is the most ambitious of these codes, created with a desire to engage business in the project of international development and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260197
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The Economics of Politics vs the Politics of Economics: Nigerian case
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Indeed, the recent emphasis on eco-political governance in Nigeria is unique in that it was initiated by external donors (international organizations) and not by domestic leaders under pressure from their own constituencies. Thus, while Nigeria have embraced the market economy and liberalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839476
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Dispositifs, contraintes et opportunités de l’innovation en Tunisie
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Innovation is a  polymorph, complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The changing context of Economic issues gives innovation a central role in the performance of Tunisian firms. In recent years, Tunisia's economy has become more complex and knowledge-based while recording remarkable performances...
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Crowdsourcing patent application review: leveraging new opportunities to capitalize on innovation?
Ghafele, Roya; Gibert, Benjamin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper evaluates the value proposition of public-private partnerships to patent review by analyzing the potential impact of crowdsourced prior art search on the European patent system. This first requires outlining the current challenges patent offices in Europe face due to their tremendous...
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China's Government-Set Patent Targets and Performance Indicators: Boosting Numbers or Innovation?
Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper uncovers over 10 central level and over 150 provincial/municipal level patent targets, mostly to be met by 2015, within a wide range of Chinese policy documents. The analysis suggests there are weaknesses in certain targets due to the absence of important criteria for ensuring patent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258904
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The economic value of fair use in copyright law: counterfactual impact analysis of fair use policy on private copying technology and copyright markets in Singapore
Ghafele, Roya; Gibert, Benjamin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The counterfactual impact analysis of fair use amendments in Singapore undertaken here demonstrates that flexible fair use policy positively influences growth rates in private copying technology industries. In 2010, five years after the policy intervention, Singapore’s fair use amendments are...
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The Impact of Formal Institutions on Knowledge Economy
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R.; Amavilah, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
mechanisms affects the knowledge economy. The article also employs the World Bank’s four components of the knowledge economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259085
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The ‘Knowledge Economy’-finance nexus: how do IPRs matter in SSA and MENA countries?
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
using the four variables identified under the World Bank’s knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260471