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This paper analyses the regulatory environment for open wireless networks in Germany. Starting from the general … for a better Wi-fi coverage in Germany, is well designed to achieve its aim. The article concludes that the German …
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Deutschland durchläuft einen Prozess des demografischen Wandels. In den nächsten Jahrzehnten werden das …Germany is undergoing a process of demographic change. In the forthcoming decades the labour force potential will … conurbation and in eastern Germany will have to be prepared for a falling demand. However, even here there will be exceptions: for …
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Patents have long been regarded as the 'gold standard' of intellectual property protection. In 'Little patents and big secrets: managing intellectual property', Anton and Yao (2004) call this traditional view into question by finding that firms keep their most important innovations secret. This...
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Traditionally patents are seen as the gold standard for intellectual property protection. But, in line with empirical findings that secrecy is considered more important for appropriating returns, recent theories predict that firms keep their most important inventions secret. This article...
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This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German states, Prussia granted patents more restrictively by...
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Patent studies inform our understanding of innovation. Any study of patenting involves classifying patent data according to a chosen taxonomy. The literature has produced numerous taxonomies, which means patents are being classified differently across studies. This potential inconsistency is...
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Policymakers all over the world claim: no innovation without protection. For more than a century, critics have objected that the case for intellectual property is far from clear. This paper uses a game theoretic model to organise the debate. It is possible to model innovation as a prisoner's...
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