Patents are territorial instruments of exclusion structurally analogous to a protectionist trade barrier -- not affirmative rights or knowledge that can be treated as simple economic inputs. Digital technology has posed problems because of the vast number of patents, their presence in global...

The U.S – China technology and geopolitical rivalry culminating a trade war, the banning of Huawei from America’s technology infrastructure as well as retaliatory tariffs hold grave implications for the global economy. In this fast-changing geopolitical context, China has risen in innovation...

The study investigates the impact of adverse geopolitical events and investments in energy technology innovations on renewable energy consumption using the newspaper-based geopolitical risk (GPR) index introduced by Caldara and Iacoviello (2022). With the first and most extensive cross-country...

"A unique analysis that assesses how we can determine which country will be the next world leader. Will China surpass the United States as the world's leader? In American Global Pre-eminence, William R. Thompson argues that the answer depends on leads in technological innovation, energy, and...

The transition to a hydrogen-based economy is gaining momentum in both Germany and the European Union (EU). Used as an energy carrier, hydrogen holds the promise of freeing hard-to-decarbonise sectors like heavy industry, aviation, and maritime trade from their emissions. At the same time,...

J. Freimuth, S. Kaiser and M. Schaedler: Introduction to "Standardization Strategies in China and India" -- Part I Standardization - Context and Framework: J. Freimuth: The Underestimated Power of Technical Standards -- U. Harmes-Liedtke: Quality Infrastructure: National Systems and...

A contradiction coils through the political economy: that today's financial and economic crisis began in the historical heartland of advanced information and communications technology (ICTs): the United States. It was not supposed to turn out this way. ICTs were to be the source of economic...