This paper analyzes the causes of illegal copying and its effects in the software market across 66countries. By … studying the aggregated and joint effects of different variables, the analysis shows thatsupply constraints in the software … which its aggregated effect onthe software market is positive, and this is an efficient mechanism for market creation. Thus …

nature innovative. Therefore generating a culture of innovation is a vital requirement in the development of a successful … designer. Do we know how to stimulate, incubate and nurture innovation? What are the factors that give rise to an innovative … success. However on review the programme was deemed to be lacking in innovation. Changes were made and after three years the …

patent protection to the invention of new Internet business methods. The article argues that this discourages innovation and …. Finally the author examines the nature of innovation on the internet, concluding that it is sequential, with each creator … innovation. The public has benefited from the weak protection given to intellectual property rights on the internet so that it is …

We examine the intersection of patents and antitrust where a patentholder uses the monopoly power it possesses in the … market. The present scheme forawarding patents cannot judge when the issuance of a patent will lead tothe appropriate balance … between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the …

Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation … group affiliation is particularly important for innovation in industries that rely more on external funding and in groups … knowledge spillovers are not the main driver of innovation in business groups because firms affiliated with the same group do …

Innovation comprises the processes of invention and commercialization. While the importance of innovation, especially … innovation and, in particular, builds on the evolutionary explanation of technology development, the Teecian framework on … profiting from innovation, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), and open innovation and innovation …

markets change the traditional mindset in which the only available option for a company wishing to introduce an innovation is …

A new method for making software is stealthily gaining ground in the computer industry, offering a promise of better …, cheaper software and the empowerment of the user. The open source movement could revolutionize the software industry...if it … succeeds. Open source means software that you are allowed to copy, modify, and give to friends. Source code , the lists of …