The software industry bemoans billions of Euros in damages due to copyright piracy. In connection with this, some … addition, many software manufacturers demand that the existing copyright should be tightened. This is in stark contrast to the … of their software as pirate copies. Hence, the reasons for copyright infringements are to be found in the behaviour of …

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 …

Innovation comprises the processes of invention and commercialization. While the importance of innovation, especially … innovation and, in particular, builds on the evolutionary explanation of technology development, the Teecian framework on … profiting from innovation, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), and open innovation and innovation …

Innovation comprises the processes of invention and commercialization. While the importance of innovation, especially … innovation and, in particular, builds on the evolutionary explanation of technology development, the Teecian framework on … profiting from innovation, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), and open innovation and innovation …