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Information and intellectual property: The global challenges
Aiyer Ghosh, Rishab; Soete, Luc - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150872
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Breaking the Fence: Patent Rights and Biomedical Innovation in 'Technology Followers'
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2006
The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although a "medical anti … difficult to predict the impact of patenting on biomedical innovation in developing and least developed countries. This paper … develops a framework of analysis for the impact of patent rights on biomedical innovation in "technology follower" developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150790
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Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth - Lessons from the Indian Software Sector
Athreye, Suma - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied these predictions. This paper argues...
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Why challenge the ivory tower? New evidence on the basicness of academic patents
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Schneider, Cédric - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
While often presumed in academic literature and policy discussions there is little empirical evidence showing that academic patents protect more basic inventions than corporate patents. This study provides new evidence on the basicness of academic patents using German professor patents linked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097902
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The nexus between science and industry: evidence from faculty inventions
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Schneider, Cédric - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Against the background of the so-called European paradox, i.e. the conjecture that EU countries lack the capability to transfer science into commercial innovations, knowledge transfer from academia to industry has been a central issue in policy debates recently. Based on a sample of German...
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