Harmonization of the laws is considered to be one of the solutions to deal with fragmentation and complexities. A fundamental issue here is how to structure a coherent system of rules to manage with the complex social, technological and economic realities. The increase in the stake holders has...

As the paradigm of innovation becomes more user oriented and collaborative, to benefit from this changing paradigm, firms need to adjust their intellectual property rights management strategy and devise tools to manage openness. Crucially, firms need to resolve is how to interface the “closed...

Contract inflexibility seems to stem from two motivations: the urge to control the future, and a quest to improve economic efficiency. In thinking about whether and how contract inflexibility might be reduced, those human motivations must be taken into account. Reforms aimed at greater...