Volume 18 Issue 2 (2000)
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Privacy Protection-A New Beginning?
Privacy is universal value. But according to The Economist in 1999 it is finished – killed off by the remarkable capacity of information technology to analyse, trace and re-assemble personal…
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Entrepreneurship in Science: Case Studies from Liquid Crystal Application
Current UK policy on the knowledge-driven economy places a heavy weight of expectation on the fostering of entrepreneurial attitudes amongst university scientists. Interviews with the owner-managers of innovative companies in…
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Technology Transfer from Publicly Funded Research for Improved Natural Resource Management: Analysis and Australian Examples
Considerable public funding is provided for research and development intended to improve the management and use of shared natural resources, such as water. In Australia, the Land and Water Research…
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Internet Adoption and Use
Network economics suggests that Internet growth may be explained by an externality. This study empirically tests for the presence of such an externality, and analyses a cross-section of Internet subscribers…
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The Intervention That Wasn’t: A New Look at the McArthur-Forrest Cyanide Patent Conflict in Western Australia
The patented McArthur-Forrest gold extraction process played a significant role in facilitating gold recovery in Western Australia after 1897. The patent-holders failed, however, both to obtain income commensurate with their…