Since the middle ages, intellectual property has seen a varied trend from controversies to a relaxed attitude amongst not only the academia, but also within the practitioners. Currently, intellectual property has become an important element of international trade to the extent of being made a...

C1_EM-JCEF170019 -- JCEFTS_10_3_Text_V01 -- Outline placeholder -- Innovation and the digital economy of China and the Silicon Valley -- Introduction -- Silicon Valley, France and China: a comparative study of innovation systems and policies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Innovation, Silicon Valley...

The digital industries cluster known as Silicon Roundabout has been quietly growing in East London since the 1990s. Rebranded Tech City, it is the focus of huge public and government attention. National and local policy makers wish to accelerate the local area's development: such cluster...

This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on technology and business practices, with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the...

Introduction : aims of the book -- The emergent knowledge economy : concepts and evidence -- Knowledge-based sectors : key drivers of innovation and models of knowledge exchange -- Local clusters and global networks -- Varieties of business system and innovation -- Introduction to key research...