Open AccessEconomics of knowledge and the governance of commons knowledge
Author(s) -
Cristiano Antonelli
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista brasileira de inovação
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2178-2822
pISSN - 1677-2504
DOI - 10.20396/rbi.v1i1.8648851
Subject(s) - commons , incentive , corporate governance , intellectual property , knowledge production , property rights , knowledge management , knowledge economy , business , production (economics) , industrial organization , economics , political science , computer science , microeconomics , management , law
Economics of knowledge provides new tools to study the features of knowledge as an economic good and new ways to understanding the governance of knowledge. This sheds new light upon the institutional design, the incentives mechanisms, including intellectual property rights, and the signalling devices that make it possible the organization of the production and distribution of knowledge in economic systems.