Dominique Guellec & Thierry Madies 
Patent Markets in the Global Knowledge Economy [EPUB ebook] 
Theory, Empirics and Public Policy Implications

There are 60 million health care workers globally and most of this workforce consists of nurses, as they are key providers of primary health care. Historically, the global nurse occupation has been p …

The European Union regime for fighting market manipulation and insider trading – commonly referred to as market abuse – was significantly reshuffled in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007/2008 a …

Marijuana is the prototypical cannabinoid, and is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Interestingly, cannabinoids are molecules found naturally in the human body and brain as well as in c …

In the aftermath of the global recession, job creation is a policy priority. While it is a well-accepted fact that the majority of jobs are created by small and medium-sized enterprises, not all SMEs …

Mention the phrase ‘bottom line, ‘ and the immediate thought tends to focus on a company”s financial performance. Think again! There”s an equally important factor that carries tremendous impact on …

While the concept and domain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not new—its beginnings can be tracked back to the 1960s—its scope, urgency, and relevance have shifted dramatically in recent …

Originally published in 1976, Supply in a Market Economy was a new kind of introductory micro-economics text which both assesses the usefulness of traditional theory in tackling social and economic p …

First Published in 1999, this book stresses the service aspects of an organization – especially customer service, marketing, and organizational responsiveness, and how to create and provide outstandi …

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samsø, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society’s limited resources to achieve true sustaina …