The Global Governance of Knowledge

by Peter Drahos

Book Overview

Patent offices around the world have granted millions of patents to multinational companies. Patent offices are rarely studied and yet they are crucial agents in the global knowledge economy. Based on a study of forty-five rich and poor countries that takes in the world's largest and smallest offices, Peter Drahos argues that patent offices have become part of a globally integrated private governance network, which serves the interests of multinational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521144361
• ISBN13: 9780521144360
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"