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International Commodity Organizations and Governance of Global Value Chains
Burger, Kees; Daviron, Benoit; Flores, Vanessa - 2009
World Bank. The representatives of the governments now play the role of administrators and representatives of the industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444837
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An Empirical Analysis of Development Processes for Anticipatory Standards
Mitra, Prasenjit; Purao, Sandeep; Bagby, John W.; … - Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University; … - 2005
There is an evolution in the process used by standards-developmentorganizations (SDOs) and this is changing the prevailing standardsdevelopment activity (SDA) for information and communications technology(ICT). The process is progressing from traditional SDA modes, typicallyinvolving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435090
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Intellectual Property Rights and Their Impacts in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Maize Breeding in Mexico
Leger, Andreanne - 2005
There is little empirical evidence concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) on a technologically advanced developing country. Complete enumeration of the Mexican maize breeding industry showed that, contrary to the hypothesis that IPR would provide, in a technologically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443020
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION: TRADE AND WELFARE EFFECTS IN THE SOYBEAN COMPLEX
Sobolevsky, Andrei; Moschini, GianCarlo; Lapan, Harvey E. - 2002
We develop a new partial equilibrium, four-region world trade model for the soybean complex comprising soybeans … Rest of the World all gain from the introduction of RR soybeans, although some groups of agents (producers or consumers …) may lose. Compared to free trade with no domestic bans, a ban on RR production in the Rest of the World improves that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443097
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Impact of Foreign Intellectual Property Rights Protection on U.S. Exports and FDI
Gu, Weishi - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444727
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Intellectual Property Rights and Crop-Improving R&D under Adaptive Destruction
Yerokhin, Oleg; Moschini, GianCarlo - 2007
This paper studies how the strength of intellectual property rights (IPRs) affects investments in biological innovations when the value of an innovation is stochastically reduced to zero because of the evolution of pest resistance. We frame the problem as a research and development (R&D)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445584
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The Economics of Generating and Maintaining Plant Variety Rights in China
Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Qian, Keming; Zhang, Yi - 2003
of IntellectualProperty Rights (TRIPS) obligations. Seeking and maintaining PVPs reserves options to anexpected revenue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445945
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY AND THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Spielman, David J.; von Grebmer, Klaus - 2004
Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-pooragricultural research in developing countries. Yet in the international agricultural researchcommunity--and with regard to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research(CGIAR) itself--we see few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446829