Book Description:
Technology licensing is an important element of conduct in many industries and has attracted a fair amount of attention in recent years. While vertical industrial structure is quite common, the literature on technology licensing has not paid much attention to this aspect. Considering fixed-fee licensing, the authors show that upstream and downstream markets play important roles for a profitable licensing. The authors of this book also analyze the Technology Transfer (TT) challenges within the new climate regime, in terms of the process of innovation into an existing energy system, the related barriers and the supporting diffusion mechanisms, with the emphasis laid on the emerging opportunities within the new climate regime. Successful practices are also presented and discussed by both the developed and the developing countries in this respect. Also investigated in this book is the potential of transferring and implementing sustainable energy technologies through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol in Chile, China, Israel, Kenya and Thailand. Moreover, the available literature Geographical Indications (GIs) are surveyed and related geographical origin systems with particular emphasis on international markets. The authors also examine the matter of intellectual property (IP) and how it bears on the two economic sectors. Consideration is given to the role of patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights and their relative value as strategic tools in the current competitive environment.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Technology Transfer Challenges within the New Climate Regime, pp. 1-31
(Charikleia Karakosta, Haris Doukas, John Psarras, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 2. The Importance of Networks and Social Structural Factors: Social and Community Context versus Individual and Socioeconomic Predictors of New Agricultural Technology Sustainability, pp. 33-61
(Karl A. Jicha, Robert L. Moxley, Aida Librero, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, and others)

Chapter 3. Plant Intellectual Property Rights and Impacts on Agricultural Research and Development, and Crop Productivity, pp. 63-84
(Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady, William Lesser, Dept. of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

Chapter 4. An Exploratory Analysis of Managerial Perceptions of Product Counterfeiting in China, pp. 85-110
(Peggy P. Chaudry, Villanova School of Business, Villanova, PA)

Chapter 5. Stimulating the Sustainable Transfer of Energy Technologies through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, pp. 111-131
(Charikleia Karakosta, John Psarras, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 6. Licensing in a Vertical Structure, pp. 133-161
(Arijit Mukherjee, University of Nottingham and The Leverhulme Centre for Research in Globalisation and Economic Policy, UK)

Chapter 7. Economic Effects of Geographical Indications on Developing Countries: A Review and Identification of Research Needs, pp. 163-180
(Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady, William Lesser, Dept. of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

Chapter 8. Intellectual Property as a Tool for Development, pp. 181-195
Marco Righi, Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Informatica, Largo B. Pontecorvo, Pisa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 9. The Changing Face of Intellectual Assets: Trade Secrets and the Economic Espionage Act, pp. 197-211
(G. Scott Erickson, Chris A. Carr, School of Business, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, and others)

Chapter 10. Intellectual Property Considerations and the Economic Sectors, pp. 213-217
(Daniel Berg, Norman G. Einspruch, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA)

Index