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The new rule
I once created a game I called “Tradition.” I was trying to find games with simple rule sets. In Tradition, the only rule was you could make a rule or make a move. At the outset, then, the only move … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, Innovation, Shanzhai, Social Science
Tagged adventure, commons, knights, life, management, self-organization, tradition
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Drift as a city’s economic driver
Some years ago, Jane Jacobs published a series of books that take up the issue of how cities contribute to regional and national economies. In particular, Jacobs argued that a particular kind of city behavior was crucial for a regional … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, History, Innovation, Shanzhai
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The University as Bayh-Dole Privateer
Why would a nation-state seek to claim ownership of inventions made by its citizens? That is, what uses would a nation-state put its patent system to, beyond those that one might expect of an individual inventor, entrepreneur, investor, company, university, … Continue reading
Research Shanzhai
In the Teece formulation, innovation represents a competition among first movers, imitators, and infrastructure. Each aims for a share of the value of something new and worthwhile. Patents might be thought to aid the inventor, giving him or her a … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, Innovation, Policy, Shanzhai, Technology Transfer
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The University D-Economy, Fitt 5
I have been looking at various statements regarding the “D-economy.” It goes by various names–Shanzhai rules, débrouillards, System-D. The Wired write up was interesting. Here is another, from Coley Hudgins at Resilient Family. Here’s another by Robert Neuwirth (who was … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, History, Innovation, Shanzhai, Social Science, Technology Transfer
Tagged bozonet, D-economy, NIPIA, shanzhai
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