In recent years, the Federal Circuit and the Patent Office have characterized the legal doctrines governing the patentability of DNA molecules as essentially settled. This Article argues that the factual premises underlying those doctrines are increasingly being undermined by ongoing...

The purpose of this paper is to serve as an input in the revision of the evaluation guidelines of the Department of Economics FCS - UDELAR (dECON). With this aim, we report on what is taken into account in academic evaluation around the world, and which are the most frequently used methods of...

The purpose of research in marketing is to develop a more effective, efficient, and humane marketing system. The present research-publication system puts too much emphasis on quality control. This distracts attention from the fundamental purpose of publishing and thus inhibits innovation....