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Frameworks for Analysing African Innovation : Entrepreneurship, the Informal Economy and Intellectual Property
de Beer, Jeremy; Sowa, Izabella; Holman, Kristen - 2015
This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks to understand and measure innovation, and then outlines links between … innovation and the concepts of entrepreneurship, the informal economy (IE) and intellectual property (IP). The review suggests … that the time is ripe for African policy-makers to seek more holistic approaches to facilitating innovation and, in turn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133255
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Fighting software piracy in Africa : how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410192
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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014
This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409149
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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015
The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596561
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Mapping the Outcomes of Multidisciplinary Intellectual Property Research : Lessons from the African Copyright Experience
de Beer, Jeremy - 2015
Multidisciplinary intellectual property research often involves large-scale collaborative projects. Such projects combine not just multiple research frameworks, methods, and perspectives, but also multiple individuals, institutions, and sources of funding. Demonstrating the results of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015558
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Current Realities of Collaborative Intellectual Property in Africa
de Beer, Jeremy; Armstrong, Chris; Oguamanam, Chidi; … - 2015
innovation and creativity in Africa, and guidance towards IP policy and management possibilities. Section 2 of this publication …The research in this publication shed new light on the diverse nature of innovation and creativity in African settings …, and on the different IP policies and practices related to innovation and creativity on the continent. When linked with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133253
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Determinants of property rights protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
emphasis on history, geography and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 47 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548650
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Software piracy and scientific publications : knowledge economy evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
contributions to and dissemination of knowledge through scientific and technical publications in Africa. IPRs laws (treaties) on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409241
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Boosting scientific publications in Africa : which IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper examines how Africa's share in the contribution to global scientific knowledge can be boosted with existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409258
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Harmonizing IPRs on software piracy : empirics of trajectories in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
software piracy trajectories and dynamics in Africa. Using a battery of estimation techniques that ignore as well as integrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410064