Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 256
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
Intellectual Property Rights and Their Impacts in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Maize Breeding in Mexico
Leger, Andreanne - 2005
theory on IPR and a short background on the Mexican maize breeding industry. The analysis of the interviews with maize … breeders leads to the conclusion that the theory on IPR should be revised and take into account the characteristics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443020
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
Impact of Foreign Intellectual Property Rights Protection on U.S. Exports and FDI
Gu, Weishi - 2009
This version of the paper is subject to changes.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444727
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
The Economics of Generating and Maintaining Plant Variety Rights in China
Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Qian, Keming; Zhang, Yi - 2003
Notwithstanding the ambiguous research and productivity promoting effects of plant varietyprotections (PVPs), even in developed countries, many developing countries have adoptedPVPs in the past few years to comply with their Trade-Related Aspects of IntellectualProperty Rights (TRIPS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445945
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
THE ECONOMICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER IMPERFECT ENFORCEMENT: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
Giannakas, Konstantinos - 2001
countries around the world – a strategy adopted byleading innovators in the sector. Finally, the results suggest that if the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446832
Cover Image
THE ECONOMICS OF GENERATING AND MAINTAINING PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS IN CHINA
Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Qian, Keming; Zhang, Yi - 2003
Notwithstanding the ambiguous research and productivity promoting effects of plant variety protections (PVPs), even in developed countries, many developing countries have adopted PVPs in the past few years to comply with their Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446833
Cover Image
How does Open Source Software contribute to socio-economic development? An investigation of Open Source Software as an alternative approach to technology diffusion, adoption and ad...
Emdon, Heloise - 2010
AbstractDeveloping countries are net importers of intellectual property products and open source software (OSS) production is one way in which local socio-economic development can take place. The public goods characteristics of OSS are contested and this study investigates whether in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447848