With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in...

This paper aims at analysing the risk of intellectual property (IP) infringements by competitors from abroad and in particular whether this risk is higher for international innovating firms. We distinguish three different types of IP infringements from abroad: the usage of firms' technical...

This paper aims at analysing the risk of intellectual property (IP) infringements by competitors from abroad and in particular whether this risk is higher for international innovating firms. We distinguish three different types of IP infringements from abroad: the usage of firms' technical...

This is an introduction to a new development in the international arena that poses a threat to the ability of countries to tailor patent and regulatory laws to promote access to medicine. Basically, certain international agreements permit foreign companies to sue a country for compensation if...

The concluding chapter of the “Small Country Innovation Systems” book develops a comparative analysis that deals with only a very few of the many issues addressed empirically by the ten country case studies. The concluding chapter focuses to some extent on issues related to globalization,...

We study the effect of the intellectual property rights (IPR) regime of a host country (South) on a multinational's decision between serving a market via greenfield foreign direct investment to avoid the exposure of its technology or entering a joint venture (JV) with a local firm, which allows...

his essay places the first blueprint for the Intellectual Property Currency (IPC) funding that the International Central Bank for Intellectual Properties (ICB/IP) would issue to finance the implementation of intellectual capital and the generation of the next one. The blueprint formulates the...

Globalization is the result of a combination of factors. The role of technology is a fundamental feature in shaping what globalization is and what it means for society as a whole. At the same time, important societal values are directly or indirectly affected by the global expansion of world...

This essay places the second version of the blueprint for the Intellectual Property Currency (IPC), in which we have updated the first one with more detailed descriptions in depth. The IPC would be issued by the International Central Bank for Intellectual Property (ICB/IP) upon request when the...

While designs play a critical role in corporate innovation and business operations, the determinants of design innovation (i.e., new aesthetic or stylistic forms) are largely underexplored in the literature. Accumulating evidence suggests that openness to the exchange of ideas, the adoption of...