Purpose – To conduct an analysis of the bibliometric presence of a patient group, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, within its relevant biomedical sub‐field. Design/methodology/approach – Publications in the multiple sclerosis sub‐field for 1988‐1999 in the Research Outputs Database...

The chapter explores the relationship between the standards of intellectual property protection, the nature of technical advance in a sector, and the wider 'selection environment' within which technical change occurs. Taking plant breeders' rights as the focus of attention, the chapter explores...

This paper has two main purposes. First, it examines the way technological change has been treated in the analysis of labour surplus dual economies, concluding that technological dynamism actually 'matters' in the labour surplus phase of development. The discussion is based on Arthur Lewis's...