Regulating Technological Innovation

Acollection of essays concerning the relationship between regulation and technological innovation. It represents an academic exchange of ideas on the realities and challenges of regulating technological innovation and examines the regulatory issues of fostering technological innovation and its applications. The authors combine this with legal, economic and administrative science perspectives. The book provides answers to important questions including the following. * What type of regulatory framework would best fit the needs of technology and innovation developments? * What competences or authorities should be given to the regulatory actors and other stakeholders to shape the future paths of technology innovation? * What lessons can we distil from other regulatory fields and how we can apply what we have learnt to further enhance the development of technology innovation?

ISBN 0230363636   Pages 248 ISBN13 9780230363632 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 408 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Height (mm) 222 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 140 Publication date 12 Dec 2011   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY 346.048   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC23

Introduction; M.A.Heldeweg & E.Kica PART I: GENERAL ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION RELATIONSHIP Regulation for Innovation: a Comparative Inquiry into a Regulatory Pair of Twins; A.Brack Regulation, Technological Innovation and the Roots of Comparative Advantage; S.Donnelly Legal Design of Smart Rules & Regimes: Regulating Innovation; M.Heldeweg Regulating Technological Innovation Through Informal International Law: the Exercise of International Public Authority by Transnational Actors; R.Wessel PART II: SPECIFIC EXEMPLARY AREAS AND CONNECTED ISSUES OF REGULATING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION The Unlikely Emergence of Next Generation Networks in the Light of Prevailing Tele-com Regulation; L.Broos Deutsche Telekom and Pacific Bell v LinkLine: Does Competition Law Have a Place in Regulated Industries? M.Holterman Is Europe Turning into a 'Technological Fortress'? Innovation and Technology for the Management of EU's External Borders: Reflections on FRONTEX and EUROSUR; L.Marin Regulating Public-private Modalities for Organising Technological Innovations in the Energy Sector; M.Sanders PART III: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: REGULATORY ISSUES, ACTORS AND PATENTS Transnational Regulation of Nanotechnology: Institutional Diversity in Agenda Setting and State Support; N.Chowdhury The European Patent System: Emerging Technologies, the Patent Quality Challenge and Mechanisms to Deal with it; E.Kica Regulatory and Policy Impact on the Use of Existing Patents to Enhance Technological Innovation in the Single Market of the European Union; V.Rodriguez Conclusion; M.Heldeweg & E.Kica

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