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Lurking Patent Claims and Strategic Royalty Contracts

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes optimal licensing contracts when a licensee faces the risk of future infringement claims by unknown patent holders. In a setting where a noncompeting licensor contracts with a monopolistic manufacturer, fixed‐fee licensing is optimal absent such claims.
Jay Pil Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez, Stefano Pascucci, Teresa Panico   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Violence Shapes Place: The Rise of Neo‐Authoritarianism in the Global Value Chain and the Emergence of an ‘Infernal Place’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how and to what extent violence has become a pivotal tool for conducting business in places integrated into the global value chain. It also explores the roles stakeholders play in silencing workers' resistance within these places.
Shoaib Ahmed
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Regulatory Transitions: The Evolving Role of Multi‐Stakeholder Initiatives as Intermediaries in the Context of Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Whereas extant studies have mostly treated multi‐stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) as instruments of private authority that interact with public governance in various spheres, this study offers an alternative view of MSIs as important regulatory intermediaries, specifically in times of regulatory flux.
Leona A. Henry, Julia Grimm, Nora Lohmeyer, Kristin Apffelstaedt, Sophie Giulini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative analysis of syntactic complexity in English academic texts by Chinese MTI trainee translators and native academic writers. [PDF]

PLoS One
Guo J, Qu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Digital Interactional Competence for Second‐Language and First‐Language Chinese Speakers: Effects of Proficiency, Mode, and Setting

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Measurement of interactional competence (IC) has attracted increasing interest in language assessment research. One key question is whether proficiency sufficiently accounts for IC, making separate IC assessment unnecessary. This study examines the IC–proficiency relationship using a test that assesses Chinese speakers’ ability to manage ...
David Wei Dai, Carsten Roever
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Adaptations After Laryngectomy: Syntactic Complexity and Gesture Use. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
Neijman M, Rooy BV, Pfau R, van Son RJJH, van den Brekel MWM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses

In this paper, we argue that Enggano subordinate clauses beginning with the conjunctions a= and be are morphologically conservative in retaining ergative alignment, when other clause types are accusatively-aligned.
Zobel, Erik, Hemmings, Charlotte
core   +1 more source

Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes, Scott Crossley, Wesley Morris, Joon Suh Choi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of language sampling context on complex syntax production of deaf and hard of hearing children. [PDF]

Clin Linguist Phon
McDaniel J, Lowe C, Walker A, Schuele CM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source