Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the 'haves'...

This book is the revised version of a doctoral thesis written at the Graduiertenkolleg Law and Economics at Hamburg University. It addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical diseases and the lack of access to affordable medicines in poor countries. Tropical...

An ICT-Enabled Innovation and Enterprise Transformation -- Implications of the ICT Revolution for Business -- Strategic Options for Private Sector Development -- Transforming Enterprises: Innovation, Networking and Diffusion -- Transforming Business Environment -- ICT Services Industry for an...

1.Introduction -- 2.Risk Assessment -- 3.Hierarchical Model in Decision-Making -- 4.An Integrated Fuzzy Approach for Aggregative Supplier Risk Assessment -- 5.Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Analysing Risk Rating of Environmentally Friendly Product Designs -- 6.Fuzzy Extent Analysis for Food Risk...

Drawing from the detailed case studies of India and five ASEAN countries, this volume establishes the complementary role of innovation system and trade regime in promoting production and use of ICT and draws lessons for other developing countries that adopted a liberal trade regime to catch up...

This book explores the drivers of technological upgrading and catch-up in the emerging economies, paying specific attention to technology and innovation policies, national innovation systems, the role of foreign direct investment and small and medium enterprises. It provides practical...

Intellectual Property Today: Appropriability, Innovation and Public Policy -- Intellectual Property and Development: An Interpretation of the (NEW) Markets for Knowledge -- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Development -- The Frontier of Trade Negotiations -- The...

Introduction -- Research Flyover -- Design Science - The Science of the Artificial -- Design Science Research -- Class of Problems and Artifacts -- Proposal for Conducting Researches by using a Design.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Measuring the Performance of Knowledge Value-Added in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation -- Chapter 3: Efficiency Evaluation of Knowledge Flow in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation in China -- Chapter 4: Big Five Personality Traits and...

Frank Wernitz entwickelt auf der Grundlage des Stakeholderansatzes ein holistisches Marketingkonzept, das die Berücksichtigung und Priorisierung der Stakeholderansprüche in einem konsistenten Managementansatz vereinigt. Am Beispiel der Ressortforschung zeigt der Autor, wie...