By exploring the patterns of engagement in several intellectual property (IP) marketplaces on the part of a sample of software firms based in the UK, the article attempts to shed light on the strategic reasons which induce firms to participate in different IP marketplaces and governance structures, often at the same time.  read more »

By exploring the patterns of engagement in several intellectual property (IP) marketplaces on the part of a sample of pharmaceutical firms based in Germany, the article attempts to shed light on the strategic reasons which induce firms to participate in different IP marketplaces and governance structures, often at the same time.  read more »

Full title : Global reuse and adaptation in the creative industries – Three further arguments against intellectual property based on lessons from China
This paper reviews the theory of intellectual property (IP) in the creative industries (CI) from the open system evolutionary economic perspective. We argue that many current confusions about the nature and role of IP and dysfunctions of extant IP regimes in the CI can be traced to three widely overlooked aspects of the open system growth of knowledge context of IP in the CI:  read more »