COVID-19, caused by SARS-Cov-2, was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and technologies – a longstanding and enduringly...

We collect a novel dataset that covers about 130 countries and the six four-digit live animal categories in the Harmonized System (HS) over a sixteen-year period, to study the link between illicit trade in live animals and threat to animal health from infectious diseases.

This paper charts the evolution and diversification of trade in knowledge that has taken place in the quarter-century since the WTO TRIPS Agreement came into force. Entirely new markets have come into being, potentially redefining the very character of 'trade'.

1. Outsourcing opportunities -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3. Critical success factors -- 4. Value configurations -- 5. Maturity in outsourcing relationships -- 6. Costs, benefits, and risks -- 7. Knowledge transfer -- 8. Outsourcing performance -- 9. Outsourcing governance -- 10. Case study...

"This book targets business managers, IT managers, business students and researchers and will enable its readers to systematically, effectively and consistently measure the value of Information Technology"--Provided by publisher.

1. Today's IT environment -- 2. Critical success factors for IT projects -- 3. Project selection and initiation -- 4. The project management discipline -- 5. The software engineering discipline -- 6. Project overall planning -- 7. Developing the schedule and cost plan -- 8. Risk planning and...

"This book discusses the variety of information systems and how it can improve project management and, likewise, how project management can affect the growth of information systems"--Provided by publisher.