copyright protection of derivatives in order to ensure that the source code does not fall out of fashion and use. Having …

This Ph.D. dissertation studies innovation in Germany from 1877 to 1914. The German patents that had survived for at … least ten years are used as a proxy of innovation. The introduction briefly outlines the issues to be investigated. The … distribution of patents across industries and across regions. The second chapter investigates the regional innovation system (RIS …

The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue.Although a “medical anti … Agreement on Trade Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) on biomedical innovation in … difficult to predict the impact of patenting on biomedical innovation in developing andleast developed countries. This paper …

Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and … innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual model and then empirically testing it using pesticide innovation data from a … rapidly developing country, China. We find that the government encouraged local innovation by opening regions to more …

the enactment of the first nationwide German patent law in 1877 and 1932. This patent act enabled both, national and … the cross-border importance of patent protection for domestic and foreign inventors and economies is still …-1932. Therefore, we study the potential influence of patent laws, institutional quality, and primary and secondary schooling. Controls …

materials on the global manganese industry.The general resources boom that the world is experiencing is largely driven by the … approximately 10% (IMF, World Economic Outlook, 2006). The manganese industry has concomitantly seen an injection in commodity …

transforming forces of globalization. While international trade and globalization offer the world community many benefits, there … participants in the world economy. Particularly in the agricultural sector and the clothing and textiles sector, the industrialized …. In promoting worldwide trade liberalization, the World Trade Organization (WTO) plays a crucial role. However …

This thesis investigates the relevance of currently used firm-level innovation concepts in a developing country context …-level innovation and tests hypotheses regarding the impact of firms organizational structure, strategies, resources and environment as … Keith Pavitts model of technology trajectories to better understand the nature of innovation and its production determinants …