Volume 13 Issue 1 (1995)
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GLOBAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INFORMATION: The story of TRIPS at the GATT
The paper tells the story of how the US managed to secure an agreement, which heavily favoured it, on intellectual property at the GATT. This agreement has important implications for…
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INFORMATION FOR ALL OR KNOWLEDGE FOR THE ELITE? THE CONTOURS OF A DISSIMILAR EUROPEAN INFORMATION POLICY
In the areas of telecommunications and databanks, the following developments are likely to occur in the former CMEA countries: I. Eastern Europe will loose human resources through brain drain. 2.…
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‘WANT OF NOVELTY’ AND PATENT LITIGATION: THE CASE OF THE CYANIDE PROCESS OF GOLD EXTRACTION, 1892–1902
In the years between 1887 and 1910, two major processes for the extraction of precious and base metals from their ores, the cyanide and the flotation processes, were developed. While…
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RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AND COMMERCIAL MARKETS: CULTURAL CHANGE IN AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Research institutions and universities have undergone significant organisational change during the past decade. While these organisations have been pressed to attract an increasingly larger proportion of their research budget from…
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PERSUADING THE PUBLIC TO MAKE BETTER USE OF NATURAL HAZARDS INFORMATION
Although natural hazards information is enthusiastically promulgated, research shows that the majority of the public adopt few of the self-protective behaviours recommended by civil defence authorities. Fear appeals seem to…
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THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN: HOW CUBA IS FINANCING A NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Cuba has a poor telecommunications infrastructure with 19 persons for each telephone. The switching equipment is analog, and dated. In addition, Cuba is in a difficult political situation due to…
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JAPAN’S USE OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TO BUILD A COMPUTER INDUSTRY: LESSONS FOR THE UK?
The announcement by Japan’s Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1981 of its intention to use government-sponsored collaborative research to lead the world towards ‘Fifth Generation’ computing prompted a sudden…