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on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy |
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Issue of 2024‒03‒18
three papers chosen by Laura Nicola-Gavrila, Centrul European de Studii Manageriale în Administrarea Afacerilor |
| By: | Elise-Nicoleta Valcu (University of Pitesti, Romania) |
| Abstract: | The investment made in generating and applying intellectual capital is a determining factor in terms of competitiveness and performance related to innovation, regardless of whether we consider a cross-border or a national market. In most cases, marketers resort to different means to appropriate the results of their own innovation activities. One of these means is the use of intellectual property rights, such as patents, design rights or copyright. Another means of protecting innovation results is to protect access to information that has some value to an entity and is not widely known. In the context of Union law, mentioning in this regard Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of know-how and undisclosed business information (trade secrets) know-how and valuable undisclosed business information which is intended to remain confidential are called trade secrets. In the context of an increasingly dynamic and technological Union and international market, trade secrets, characterized by the fact that they go beyond the framework of technological knowledge and include commercial data, such as customer and supplier information, business plans and studies and strategies market, are as important as patents and other forms of intellectual property rights. The issue of commercial secrecy is regulated in Romanian legislation under OG 25/2019 on the protection of know-how and undisclosed business information that constitutes secrets. Therefore, this research aims to address the issue of commercial secrecy as a variation of the know-how from the EU and Romanian legislative perspective of transposition. |
| Keywords: | trade secret, technical procedures, trade secret holder, infringer |
| Date: | 2023–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:raiswp:0288&r=knm |
| By: | Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri |
| Abstract: | Abstract In this brief, we discuss characteristics and consequences of intangible capital, such as brands and patents. The characteristics of intangible capital lead to a tendency for markets to concentrate, to growing disparities between good and bad companies, and to an increasing significance of management and growth entrepreneurship. On an individual level, the increasing importance of intangible capital may result in a rise in inequality. Intangible factors of production are closely related to people and to their flexible utilization in the workplace. Therefore, light regulation of labor and end markets encourages investment in intangible capital. Finland is currently aiming for ”one thousand new doctors” and has also other quantitative goals for developing the national innovation system. While quantitative targets may be necessary, it is important to note that, although intangible capital is scalable from the perspective of its utilization, scaling it itself is challenging in a leap-like manner. Additionally, the characteristics of intangible capital highlight the importance of its quality and context of use. At the very least, this means that competion and creative destruction among businesses as well as growth entrepreneurship are equally worthy topics upon thinking how to develop the national innovation system. |
| Keywords: | Intangible capital, Business investment, Societal policy |
| JEL: | D04 E22 O30 |
| Date: | 2024–02–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rif:briefs:134&r=knm |
| By: | Abounabhan, Mary; Diouf, Awa; Santoro, Fabrizio; Sakyi-Nyarko, Carlos; Scarpini, Celeste |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the intricate dynamics surrounding the implementation and reception of mobile money taxes, focusing on Ghana as a case study. Consumer-level mobile money taxes, particularly controversial, have sparked large-scale protests, prompting policy revisions in various countries, including Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Benin. Ghana’s electronic transfer levy (e-levy) not only followed this trend of public dissent, but also triggered the country’s first budgetary rejection since 1981. The particularly strong reactions, followed by two rounds of revisions, makes understanding what lies behind public perceptions especially important to inform the ongoing debate within Ghana and the region. |
| Keywords: | Finance, |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:idq:ictduk:18236&r=knm |