One of the explicit goals of the 1995 TRIPS Agreement is promotion of technological innovation and transfer and dissemination of technologies worldwide. We statistically assess the relative impact of TRIPS on technology diffusion in the life sciences sector, using a longitudinal panel dataset...

Growing global interest in mitigating the climate impact of healthcare has called attention to the role of performance monitoring in delivering a sustainable health system. The aim of this chapter is to ask whether and how performance monitoring can be made to support this ambition. Healthcare...