Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as both processes - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - are intimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, if the converse direction of influence - mergers …

around the world. The paper starts by outlining the background and evolution of intellectual property rights. It then … on the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Intellecutal Property Organization (WIPO), and the World Trade …