This analysis attempts to illustrate geographic and demographic drivers of Internet-enabled piracy in China using publicly available data on Internet searches provided by Google and Baidu, China’s most prominent search engine. Using a basket of search terms selected because they appear to be...

This paper compares and contrasts how innovation – the successful introduction of new products, services, or techniques – is occurring in biotechnology seeds in China and India. We begin with an overview of the agricultural challenges faced by China and India and the substantial investments...

The Chinese financial sector is illustrative of the hierarchy of privilege that has dominated the country's transition from a centrally planned economy to a more market-based system. Despite their declining contribution to GDP, large state owned enterprises (SOEs) sit at the pinnacle of...

Innovation and progress in science and technology (Samp;T) top China's economic agenda. The central government's guiding policy document for the promotion of innovation is the Medium to Long Term Plan for the Development of Samp;T (the Samp;T Plan) issued in January 2006. The Samp;T Plan...

India has charted its own intellectual property (IP) path over the last 35 years, attempting to foster the growth of a domestic pharmaceutical industry and access to medicine while, more recently, also addressing the requirements of the international IP regime. Multinational companies (MNCs)...

This article discusses the importance of trade secrets to small and large firms in many industry sectors. It also highlights their centrality in domestic and international policymaking. Given the practical and policy importance of trade secrets, the article describes gaps in the literature on...

This study provides a profile of innovation in industrial biotechnology, an emerging field characterized by the use of enzymes, micro-organisms, and other biocatalysts to create new products. Industrial biotechnology is used to make biofuels, chemicals, and other products in more sustainable and...

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