Intellectual property and industrialization: legalizing hope in economic growth

Ford, Laura R.

doi:10.1007/s11186-017-9285-3

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“…However, Weber already characterized the “monopolized advantages” of property rights as guaranteed by closed social relationships (Ford, 2011; Weber, 1978, p. 44). The exchange of property is associated with the issue of political membership (Arendt, 1958; Ford, 2017). In this sense, associative exchange is coupled with closed relationships, blurring the seemingly clear-cut dichotomy.…”

Section: Property and The Boundaries Of Exchangementioning

confidence: 99%

Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods

Karger

2023

Social Media + Society

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The article explores a part of platform imaginary that is dedicated to property rights. Specifically, it explicates a notion of ownership—called here bounded ownership—that brings benefits to owners through loosening restrictions on property use. Bounded ownership creates online spaces that are more inclusive and at the same time enables owners to govern them. To fully grasp bounded ownership, the article argues for maintaining the distinction between production and consumption and uses Zelizer’s theory of exchange circuits. With this conceptual toolbox, the article traces the principles of bounded ownership in free and open-source software (FOSS), where they have been present for several decades. It is argued that in FOSS production and consumption constitute separate circuits where ownership is enacted differently. The article then draws a parallel between FOSS and more recent commercial online platforms. It argues that FOSS projects can be considered a layer in the platform ecosystem and at the same time highlights the differences in how bounded ownership is enacted in FOSS and other platforms. While online platforms have been successful in implementing bounded ownership in various sectors, they created deep dependencies on the part of users and content producers. The article concludes by discussing platform practices that retain the inclusiveness of bounded ownership while decreasing the dependency on platforms.

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Section: Property and The Boundaries Of Exchangementioning

confidence: 99%

Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods

Karger

2023

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“…Niwa (2016) indicates that patent protection is significantly related to industrial growth, though there exist different impacts in different regions. To attract industries and promote innovation, governments hope to update or design a new IPRs system to be against a direct reward system (Ford, 2017;Roin, 2014;Shavell & Ypersele, 2001). In China, policy from the central government is vague.…”

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Innovation Institution and Spatial Transfer of Energy Industry: The Case of Jiangsu Province, China

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This study aims to explore the effect of innovation institution on spatial transfer of energy industry in Jiangsu, China. We focus on the disparity of innovation and energy industry, and analyze the spatial transfer difference in different types of energy industry, rather than view energy industry as a whole. The study demonstrates the spatial change of energy industry at regional level and maps the spatial pattern at city level. The study chooses intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection intensity, authorization patents and local research and development (R&D) investment as the proxy of innovation. Using official data and employing panel fixed-effect model at city-industry level, we conclude (a) innovation abilities significantly influence the spatial transfer of energy industry in Jiangsu. Especially, due to the different time, IPRs protection, patent counts, and R&D investment have different effects on different regions in Jiangsu; (b) 2010 is an important turning point for energy industry development in Jiangsu, and after 2010, the energy industry begins to shift to the middle and northern Jiangsu, whereas the spatial pattern of energy industry in coastal cities is basically unchanged; (c) there is a great difference between the regions in Jiangsu Province, and industrial upgrading has not been achieved in northern Jiangsu.

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“…This is not to suggest that intellectual property was not important in industrial markets. In fact, intellectual property law played a key role in the early stages of industrialization (seeFord 2017).Theory and Society…”

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Symbolic capital, informal labor, and postindustrial markets: the dynamics of street vending during the 2014 world cup in São Paulo

Cuvi

2019

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In contrast to industrial markets based on mass-production of material goods, postindustrial markets hinge on images, experiences, and emotions produced and exchanged on screens and in real life. Because postindustrial markets tend to be highly concentrated and technology-driven, they pose a threat to small businesses and low-skill workers in both advanced industrial economies and the Global South, where a large share of the population makes a living in the informal economy. Using the 2014 World Cup as a case of postindustrial economic activity hinged on spectacle, emotional experience, and intellectual property, I analyze the income-making strategies used by street vendors in São Paulo, Brazil. I show that organizers' control of fan markets was limited by local conceptions of ownership over national symbols as well as informal workers' flexible relation to legal norms and enforcement-dodging practices. Circumventing market barriers required risky and sophisticated strategies, however, which were more readily available to the more marginal section of the street vending population.

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Intellectual property and industrialization: legalizing hope in economic growth

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods

Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods

Innovation Institution and Spatial Transfer of Energy Industry: The Case of Jiangsu Province, China

Symbolic capital, informal labor, and postindustrial markets: the dynamics of street vending during the 2014 world cup in São Paulo

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