... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Knowledge management China Intellectual property Culture As China becomes a knowledge powerhouse, knowledge management is gaining importance there for Western as well as local companies. And although much of knowledge management has been held hostage...

... created an environment that makes it much easier to conduct business on a global scale. However, multinational enterprises and global work practices have made it increasingly difficult to secure an organization's knowledge assets. Intellectual property (IP) protection is subject to the laws...

... the author's opinion about what she considers to be the top five legal issues that will be face in the first half of the twenty‐first century. Findings The paper reveals cooperative censorship; intellectual property treaty harmonization domination by developing country interpretations...

... as a threat to profitability, citing alleged intellectual property infringement violations. However, other commercial entities such as IBM, Oracle, Novell, and Apple computer have embraced open source technology to conduct business operations as well as satisfy customer needs. Public appeal for open source...

... through the integration of basic knowledge derived from a critical review of contemporary R&D, intellectual property and new product development. Findings Emerging from this research is a holistic appreciation for technological innovation at both the micro and macro levels of practice...