Volume 22 Issue 3 (2004)
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Pharmaceuticals, intellectual property and free trade: the case of the US–Australia free trade agreement
Australia did poorly in several key areas of the recently completed free trade agreement with the US. It failed to insulate the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from significant change, and…
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Two views from the summit
This article reviews the objectives and results of the First Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. It includes an analysis of the discourse conducted to this point…
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Three myths of internet governance considered in the context of the UK
Discussion of Internet governance has been shaped by three myths; that the market can decide, that the Internet is different to ‘legacy’ media, and that national governance is unimportant. This…
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Foundations of technology development, innovation and competitiveness in the globalised knowledge economy
With the growth of high‐technology industries and knowledge intensive services, the pursuit of industrial competitiveness has progressed from a broad concern with the processes of industrialisation to a more focused…
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China’s reformed science and technology system: an overview and assessment
Science and technology (S&T) systems are interconnected with economic systems. After China began to make its economic system more market‐oriented in 1979, reforms to its S&T system became urgent. China’s…