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Will Gene Patents Derail the Next-Generation of Genetic Technologies? : A Reassessment of the Evidence Suggests Not
Holman, Christopher M. - 2013
— multiplex tests and whole-genome sequencing." His concern over the impact of gene patents on genetic testing, which coincides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173192
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Emerging Markets and the World Patent Order : The Forces of Change
Abbott, Frederick M.; Correa, Carlos M.; Drahos, Peter - 2014
The implementation of patent law in the emerging market countries is having an impact on the international patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149772
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Sustainable Development and Market Liberalism's Shotgun Wedding : Emissions Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol
Driesen, David M. - 2014
warming as a means of exploring broader international governance issues. The trading regime seeks to marry two models of … global governance, market liberalism, which embraces markets as the model of global governance, and sustainable development … make difficult technological choices may prove unrealistic. This article unsettles prevailing notions of governance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051997
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An International Framework Agreement on Scientific and Technological Innovation and Regulation
Abbott, Kenneth W. - 2013
would operate at all three levels of global governance: inter-state, trans-governmental and transnational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095869
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Winning or losing a run: The role of technological drivers at stages of development
Ruiz, Ana Urraca; Laguna Molina, Nuria Esther - In: Atlantic Review of Economics (ARoEc) 1 (2018) 1
This article studies the role of technology drivers in catching up at different stages of development. Countries can be … at different stages of development when entering in a new catching-up cycle. Thus, the technological drivers of growth …
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Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation
Johnstone, Nick; Hascic, Ivan - 2009
It has long been argued that the implementation of market-based environmental policy instruments such as environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of regulation such as technology-based standards. One of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850134
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The big trade-off in the world of labor
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
The world is changing rapidly. This paper describes key shifts and it discusses their likely impacts on employment-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However, there will be no "end of work". Rather, it is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279740
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Global trends in the political economy of smart grids : a tailored perspective on 'smart' for grids in transition
Eid, Cherrelle; Hakvoort, Rudi; Jong, W. Martin de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The global transition towards sustainable, secure, and affordable electricity supply is driving changes in the consumption, production, and transportation of electricity. This paper shows the different policy aims that are promoted with smart grids in Europe, the United States, and China. In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449097
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Competing Internationally : On the Importance of R&D for Export Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2011
Export is an important factor to improve growth and welfare especially for industrialized small, open economies such as Belgium. Policy may be interested in key variables that can influence export. This paper finds evidence for the importance of R&D for export activities using Belgian firm-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131022
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Technology Ecosystem Governance
Wareham, Jonathan Douglas - 2013
appropriate governance. Through an extensive case study of a business software ecosystem consisting of a major multinational … ecosystem: standard-variety; control-autonomy; and collective-individual. We then highlight the specific ecosystem governance … ecosystems, as well as the effective design of technology ecosystem governance that can explicitly embrace paradoxical tensions …
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