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Professors' privilege: When to be greedy and when to share

A key distinction between physical and intellectual property is that the value of the latter is created as much by sharing it as by owning it. How to share it, between creator and enabler, is a particularly acute issue within the academic environment - as indicated by a recent, noteworthy debate on the subject in Sweden.

Israeli incubators blaze a trail

Israel’s high-tech incubator companies are joining the stock market – and perhaps providing a new model for technology commercialisation