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The ‘Knowledge Economy’-Finance Nexus : How Do IPRs Matter in SSA and MENA Countries?
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
This paper assesses the relevance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus … using the four variables identified under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032551
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Technology and persistence in global software piracy
Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle - 2018
This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) institutions. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 99 countries for the period 1994-2010 and the Generalised Method of Moments. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998506
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Technology and persistence in global software piracy
Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle - In: Netnomics 19 (2018) 1/2, pp. 43-63
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Global software piracy, technology and property rights institutions
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology metrics (internet penetration rate and number of PC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183241
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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - In: International review of applied economics 31 (2017) 5, pp. 585-607
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011797296
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On the Obituary of Scientific Knowledge Monopoly
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
knowledge by means of scientific publications. Against this background, we model the obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly … obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly by developed countries is not in the near-horizon. Advanced nations that have … mastered the dynamics of knowledge monopoly will continue to lead the course of knowledge economy. Justifications for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032554
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Software piracy, inequality and the poor : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice - In: Journal of economic studies 41 (2014) 4, pp. 526-553
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338479
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Determinants of property rights protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
countries in the sub-region currently on the path to knowledge-based economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548650
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Boosting Scientific Publications in Africa : Which IPRs Protection Channels Matter?
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
This paper examines how Africa's share in the contribution to global scientific knowledge can be boosted with existing … Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) mechanisms. The findings which broadly indicate that tight IPRs are correlated with knowledge … condition for knowledge economy. Secondly, while Main IP laws, WIPO treaties and Bilateral treaties are positively correlated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972773
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Global Trajectories, Dynamics, and Tendencies of Business Software Piracy : Benchmarking IPRs Harmonization
Asongu, Simplice - 2016
In this paper, we examine global trajectories, dynamics, and tendencies of software piracy to ease the benchmarking of current efforts towards harmonizing the standards and enforcements of Intellectual Property Rights (henceforth IPRs) protection worldwide. Our empirical exercise is based on 15...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005958