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Global dynamic timelines for IPRs harmonization against software piracy

Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2013

This paper employs a recent methodological innovation on intellectual property rights (IPRs) harmonization to project global timelines for common policies against software piracy. The findings on 99 countries are premised on 15 fundamental characteristics of software piracy based on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410017

Fighting software piracy : which governance tools matter in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2012

This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410076

The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014

This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409149

Global trajectories, dynamics, and tendencies of business software piracy : benchmarking IPRs harmonization

Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014

In this paper, we examine global trajectories, dynamics, and tendencies of software piracy to ease the benchmarking of current efforts towards harmonizing the standards and enforcements of Intellectual Property Rights (henceforth IPRs) protection worldwide. Our empirical exercise is based on 15...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409257

The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596561

Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship- facilitating entry … countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never … affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …

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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...

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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A potential mechanism underlying this pronounced persistence is that high levels of start-up activity lead to the emergence of a regional culture and a supporting environment in...

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The value orientation of entrepreneurs in challenging institutional contexts : insights from a unique historical episode

Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

Previous research suggests that entrepreneurs value autonomy more than non-entrepreneurs do across countries and institutional contexts. However, most evidence exists for contexts with more or less entrepreneurship-facilitating and stable institutional frame-work conditions while we do not know...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012160399

Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions … countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never … affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006084