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The debate around intellectual property rights and the COVID-19 vaccine
The most effective way to fight COVID-19 is by vaccinating against infection. But once the vaccine is developed, how can it be distributed across the world’s population?...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Intellectual property rightsBackground Note
Making a COVID-19 vaccine globally available once developed: Decoupling production of the vaccine from its developmentDevelopment and production of a COVID-19 vaccine There is a high risk that the intellectual property (IP) rights of a COVID-19 vaccine will effectively block people in many poorer countries from accessing it...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Intellectual propertyBook Chapter
Innovative Enterprise and Economic DevelopmentFrom the book: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development EntrepreneurshipBook Chapter
Entrepreneurship and the Developmental StateFrom the book: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development EntrepreneurshipBlog
How American Capitalism Really Works: Some Lessons for Developing Countries
William Lazonick Defined as the act of forming a new business, entrepreneurship is viewed as a prime way in which individualism can contribute to economic development...
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development EntrepreneurshipJournal Article
The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement -: A Comparative Study of China and IndiaPart of Journal Special Issue The Rise of China and India
Intellectual property Pharmaceutical industryWorking Paper
The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement: A Comparative Study of China and IndiaA comparative study is undertaken that explores Chinese and Indian pharmaceutical industries under different patent regimes...
Intellectual property Pharmaceutical industryBook Chapter
The International Mobility of Cultural TalentFrom the book: The International Mobility of Talent
Emigration and immigration Intellectual propertyWorking Paper
Entrepreneurial Ventures and the Developmental State: Lessons from the Advanced EconomiesA basic intellectual challenge for those concerned with the poverty of nations is to come to grips with the nature and causes of the wealth of the world’s wealthier nations...
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
The International Mobility of Cultural TalentArtists, musicians and writers have always been great travellers. Today, their talent circulates in new ways, and takes new forms, as the creative industries expand globally in a marriage of media technology and the traditional arts...
Emigration and immigration Intellectual propertyWorking Paper
Network Externality and Software PiracyThe pervasiveness of the illegal copying of software is a worldwide phenomenon. Software piracy implies a huge loss of potential customers of original software buyers, which directly translates into revenue losses for the software industry...
Competition Computer software Intellectual propertyBlog
Does the New Economy Need All the Old IPR Institutions?
by Paul A David In the knowledge-driven economy the continuous search for new, reliable knowledge and the generation and absorbing of new information are centrally responsible for structural change and material progress...
Information technology Intellectual property Technological innovationsBlog
The Weightless Developing Economy
by Danny T. Quah For the last fifty years, economists and development practitioners have viewed the accumulation of physical capital-machines, buildings, and highways-as central to economic growth...
Economic development Information technology Intellectual property