The economics of open source software development

Open Source Software (OSS) development appears to present a stark contrast to traditional production and innovation methods and an unlikely contestant in the marketplace. Some of the most striking features are that OSS development is based on contributions of volunteer programmers, that these programmers only ...

Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness

new data on the use of patents by Universities, small firms and individual inventors

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries# technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to #not-for-profit# entities ...

High-tech entrepreneurship

managing innovation variety and uncertainty

High-tech businesses form a crucial part of entrepreneurial activity - in some ways representing very typical examples of entrepreneurship, yet in some ways representing quite different challenges. The uncertainty in innovation and advanced technology makes it difficult to use conventional economic planning models, and also means ...

Digital broadcasting

policy and practice in the Americas, Europe and Japan

Digital television is transforming both broadcasting and, as a result of convergence, the larger world of communications. The impending analogue switch-off will have a major impact on households all over the developed world. Digital Broadcasting considers the effects of digital television on the availability, price ...

Open innovation

researching a new paradigm

"Open Innovation" describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such as open source software, this research and development can take place in a non-proprietary manner. Henry Chesbrough and ...

National innovation, indicators and policy

This book takes stock of what is known about the process of innovation and its effects, and the policy interventions that influence both. It provides insights into future research required to support evidence-based policy-making and makes clear the need to take a systems approach to ...

Explotación comercial del corcho en la provincia de Badajoz

Siglo XIX. (Alburquerque y San Vicente de Alcántara). Documentos para la historia económica y social de Extremadura

El presente trabajo recopila una selección negocios jurídicos procedentes del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Badajoz que, en forma de contratos de venta o de arriendo, nos transporta al mundo de la explotación y comercialización del corcho partiendo de un nutrido corpus de documentos sobre las ...

La innovación que sí funciona

cómo gestionarla, medirla y obtener beneficio real de ella

Para competir de modo efectivo hay que innovar: no sólo una vez, sino constantemente, en todos los productos, servicios y áreas de funciones. Pero la innovación rentable no "ocurre" de manera espontánea. Debe ser gestionada, medida, ejecutada; y pocas empresas lo hacen bien. Este libro ...

Invisible engines

how software platforms drive innovation and transform industries

This work discusses how to harness the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits. Software platforms are the invisible engines ...

Solar revolution

the economic transformation of the global energy industry

An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy - in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells - is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects. In "Solar Revolution", fund manager and former corporate ...

Innovation and incentives

Interest in intellectual property and other institutions that promote innovation exploded during the 1990s. "Innovation and Incentives" provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the economics of innovation, suitable for teaching at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be useful to ...

Competencia y regulación

un análisis de la OPA de gas natural sobre Endesa

El estudio responde a un esfuerzo interdisciplinar, y está animado por el propósito de proporcionar una perspectiva académica al debate que se suscitó en España tras la OPA lanzada por Gas Natural sobre Endesa el 5 de septiembre de 2005. Los autores, a quienes une ...

Nanotecnología

nuevas promesas, nuevos peligros

Cuando la nanotecnología haya alcanzado un grado de desarrollo suficiente (más bien pronto que tarde) nada será como antes. En los próximos años, nuestras vidas se verán directamente afectadas por una revolución comparable a las tres o cuatro grandes revoluciones técnico- científicas que ha experimentado ...

Innovación

el último clavo ardiendo

Tras más de una década de bonanza y desarrollo asistimos preocupados al agotamiento de las fuentes tradicionales de crecimiento. La inversión extranjera está cayendo, porque las empresas multinacionales hace años que dejaron de fijarse en España para centrar sus miradas en los antiguos países del ...

The State after statism

new State activities in the age of liberalization

This book assesses the changing nature of state intervention in the economies of the affluent democracies. Against a widespread understanding that contemporary developments, such as globalization and new technologies, are pressing for a rollback of state regulation in the economy, the book shows that these ...

The Whistleblower

confessions of a healthcare hitman

A senior executive of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies traces his fight to combat unethical corporate practices while protecting his family, describing his witness to illegal activities, support of the legalization of drug reimportation, and victimization in the face of his employer ...

The economics of knowledge

The economics of knowledge is a rapidly emerging subdiscipline of economics that has never before been given the comprehensive and cohesive treatment found in this book. Dominique Foray analyses the deep conceptual and structural transformation of our economic activities that has led to a gradual ...

Digital era governance

IT corporations, the State, and e-government

Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a year). They are critical to all aspects of public policy and governmental operations. Governments spend billions on them - for instance, the UK alone commits GBP14 billion a year to public sector ...

Las leyes de la simplicidad

diseño, tecnologías, negocios, vida

Las leyes de la simplicidad es una guía clara y penetrante para hacer de la simplicidad la característica primordial de nuestros productos; pero también un mapa de carreteras para construir un mundo con más sentidol.

Las condiciones de la innovación y de las actitudes innovadoras en las empresas industriales

análisis andaluz

INDICE: Cambio tecnológico e innovación en la teoría evolucionista. Innovación tecnológica y su relación con el desarrollo regional hacia los sistemas regionales de innovación. La actualización pública en I+D de innovación: líneas políticas de acción y situación institucional. I+D e innovación en Andalucía ...