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Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics

Across the Atlantic, people are shocked to watch in real time the ‘phasing out’ of Terri Schiavo, which has been declared as living in a ‘vegetative state’ as a result of a sudden loss of oxigen to her brain approximately 15 years ago. Her husband, which has been her tutor over all this time, has ... Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics

02/04
2005 5min
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Governing Innovation in the Information Society: the need to account for the intangible dimension [update 15 Mar 05]

[update 15 Mar 05] See the links at the bottom of this post Following the recent entry on ‘The Evolution of the Blog Innovation, Risk and Governance’ the aim of this article is to disentangle some of the issues emerging from the innovations brought about by the information economy and society and the related changes ... Governing Innovation in the Information Society: the need to account for the intangible dimension [update 15 Mar 05]

05/03
2005 6min
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Reflecting on the Risk and Sustainability of Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

The often mentioned need to innovate and reform health systems is the consequence of three main aspects affecting modern societies. An aging population, changes in technology and the reduction of the availability of financial resources for welfare programmes. Let us explore each in turn. An aging population means that the statistical probability of the increase ... Reflecting on the Risk and Sustainability of Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

16/02
2005 5min
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A Tribute to Claudio Ciborra, the Scientist and the Man

Claudio Ciborra, Professor and Convenor of Information Systems at LSE, died in Milan, his hometown, on Sunday 13th February 2005, aged 53; losing his battle against cancer. In this unfortunate occasion I would like to evoke some memories regarding the friend and mentor Claudio. In expressing my condolence and presenting a personal remembering I feel ... A Tribute to Claudio Ciborra, the Scientist and the Man

16/02
2005 2min
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Innovation, Knowledge and Intellectual Property: the Risks of WTO Regulations

Intellectual property is the cornerstone of the modern knowledge economy. Digital information resources, from software to ideas and other creative works, databases, etc… are notoriously characterised by massive fixed costs of original production and low marginal costs of reproduction. One of the main forms of intellectual property, the patent – a temporary monopoly designed to ... Innovation, Knowledge and Intellectual Property: the Risks of WTO Regulations

15/01
2005 2min
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Bio- & Nano-Technology: who should decide and who will pay?

The convergence of biology, computing and robotics is the kernel of the recent progresses that applications from biotechnology to nanotechnology have produced in relation to their perceived opportunities, risks and challenges. Undoubtedly, human progress depend on the introduction and diffusion of novel and paradigm-changing technologies, but these are not neutral and carry with themselves a ... Bio- & Nano-Technology: who should decide and who will pay?

12/11
2004 6min
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An Alternative E-Governance Plan For The Nation (by Satish Jha, India [*])

— Overview — A few years ago the Government of India took an important decision instructing all its arms to invest three per cent of their budget in building information and communication technology capacities. That is an investment of several thousand crore rupees in ICT every year, a level of resources that could have created ... An Alternative E-Governance Plan For The Nation (by Satish Jha, India [*])

10/09
2004 10min
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Conceptualising Governance: A theoretical and practical agenda

The context we refer to for the term governance is necessarily global. Governance is generally understood as a broad process affecting the collective decision-making roles and procedures, management and authority relationships amongst social and economic agents involving multiple jurisdictions and domains. In each of these, there is a divergence of opinion, knowledge and information which ... Conceptualising Governance: A theoretical and practical agenda

09/09
2004 8min
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Conceptualising Risk: A theoretical and practical agenda

To my concern, this Blog has been on-line for nearly one year without none of the readers signaling a very important element: what is this all about? Similarly to the report on ‘Governing the Innovation’ this is the second of a series of posts which will define the ways in which terms are used and ... Conceptualising Risk: A theoretical and practical agenda

29/06
2004 6min
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On the Governance of International Business Standards, a letter by Sunil Bedi

I have been concerned about governance of international business standards. Here are my thoughts: The article raised issues that will become increasingly significant in defining international commerce and related exchanges. I would dichotomize the issues into human disasters and financial disasters. The human tragedies are those related to life while the financials disasters are those ... On the Governance of International Business Standards, a letter by Sunil Bedi

13/04
2004 3min
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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India’s agricultural markets – Part 6: Conclusions and suggestions

In conclusion, the introduction of modern biotechnology might not increase food production, but has the potential to reduce the impact of production methods associated with the (not so) Green Revolution on the environment. Our exploration of Indian’s uneasy situation in agricultural markets and the emerging institutional panorama governing the technology shows that current research and ... Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India’s agricultural markets – Part 6: Conclusions and suggestions

07/04
2004 5min
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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India’s agricultural markets – Part 5: Policy Implications

As a member of WTO, India has opted for a sui generis intellectual property legislation stated in The Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Act of 2001. According to this Act, process patents will be allowed on microbiological, biochemical and biotechnological processes (Sahai, 2004). This includes Plant Breeders Rights giving formal authority to licensed bodies ... Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India’s agricultural markets – Part 5: Policy Implications

06/04
2004 5min
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