{"title":"Social Media and the Global Lawyer: An Analysis of the Restrictions on Commercial Advertising in the Nigerian Legal Profession.","authors":"Victoria Udoh","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3680506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3680506","url":null,"abstract":"The legal profession is regarded as one of the noble profession, if not the noblest on earth. The legal profession from inception over a million years ago has had the mindset of sustaining Justice and equity under the law of the land. A society cannot exist without its laws or legal body to regulate the activities of the country in respect to law, justice and equity. Having established the role of the legal profession in a country and its vitality for a nation to stand, we need to understand that from the evolution through centuries, media has been used to enhance the function and advancement or development of the legal body. These media include the social media, selective communication channels or personal interface among people in the legal profession or associated to it in one way or another. In line with the topic at hand, I will be considering various angles of the topic like the contribution of social media to the global lawyer, the status quo regarding advertising in the legal profession, effect of restrictions or limitations if any, benefits or consequences of these restriction being removed and the overall profit of social media in keeping the status quo. The first question becomes, what is the contribution of social media to the global lawyer? What are the overall profit, growth and outcome for embracing social media in the legal profession?<br><br>The social media has been a stepping stool to socialization and establishment of international and local connections thereby creating a proper network of association of lawyers. The social media has aided the commercial advertising of firms through LinkedIn and has promoted the integrity and stands of the profession. The social media seen as a collectivity of social network base has served as grounds for the exchange of information and effective communication in the legal profession. Due to the social changes of man and his environment, the law has also had changes to fit into the social evolution of man and the social media and its advancements has been of great help in updates, reformation and embrace of change in the legal profession. In a world where we had no collective network of lawyers which the social media provides now, our law will be static, repulsive and repugnant to fairness, good conscience and equity. A world where a lawyer just has to sit in his office awaiting clients, consoled with a law library of outdated books and judgments, little or no knowledge on the global changes in the legal profession; then this world is one which paints the legal profession as a static body which is backdated and unable to compete globally.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"286 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122400568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracing the Emergence of Broadening Marketing Proposition: A Thorny Path","authors":"Edouard Novatorov","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2839721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2839721","url":null,"abstract":"The broadening marketing concept was introduced in 1969 and was initially well-received by marketing scholars. However, during the subsequent four decades, the concept has been increasingly questioned and has divided marketing scholars in to two opposing camps. This paper traces the evolution of the broadening marketing proposition and critically examines the arguments put forward against the broadening proposition.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130478938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Do Australia's Universities Engage with Entrepreneurship and Small Business?","authors":"T. Mazzarol","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2428008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2428008","url":null,"abstract":"Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) comprise the majority of businesses in the Australian economy. Most are run by owner-managers who have little formal education in business and their level of innovation remains low. Universities offer the potential to enhance both the management skills and competencies of small business owner-managers, and the innovativeness of their firms. This study examines the level of engagement with SMEs by Australia’s universities through a study of their education, research and industry outreach programs as viewed through their website information. The findings show that most universities offer courses in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation, with some also focusing on small business management. Most of these courses are offered via undergraduate or postgraduate degree programs as individual units or areas of specialisation. Several have specialist degrees in the field of entrepreneurship. Around 21% of Australia’s universities have dedicated centres in entrepreneurship or small business that undertake research and in some cases management education or outreach programs. Others have research centres that undertake research with a relevance to SMEs, and there are also some research programs or groups that conduct studies into SMEs and entrepreneurship. A smaller number have well-designed industry outreach programs targeting SMEs and entrepreneurs. Overall, while Australia’s universities are fairly active in teaching and researching the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and small business, their level of engagement with SMEs remains limited and is focused on a relatively small number of institutions. In general the “hands on” engagement by academics with SMEs is not a strategic priority within most institutions.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125479824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Impact Does Intellectual Property Have on the Business Performance of Technology Firms?","authors":"K. Willoughby","doi":"10.1504/IJIPM.2013.057634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIPM.2013.057634","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the results of an original empirical study of the relationship between intellectual property and the financial performance of technology firms in the bioscience-technology industries. The study found a statistically significant positive relationship between the firms’ investments in intellectual property and their performance. The performance measure was based upon revenue-growth data collected from each firm, and the categories of intellectual property analysed included patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyright and licenses to externally sourced technology. This study also found that the financial benefits of accumulating a strong intellectual property portfolio were enjoyed by technology firms regardless of whether they were strategically oriented towards R&D or strategically oriented towards the commercial production of products and services.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130852117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Value Creation from the Innovation Environment: Partnership Strategies in University Spin‐Outs","authors":"S. Lubik, E. Garnsey, T. Minshall, K. Platts","doi":"10.1111/radm.12006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12006","url":null,"abstract":"University spin‐out (USO) companies play an increasingly important role in generating value from radical, generic technologies, but this translation requires significant resources from other players to reach the market. Seven case studies illuminate how relationships with each type of partner can be leveraged to help the firm create value. We find that most firms in the sample are aware of the importance of corporate partners and actively seek to cultivate these relationships, but may not be taking full advantage of the resources available through nonparent academic institutions and other USOs with similar or complementary technologies.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123948784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market, Policy and Environmental Influences on the Creation and Adoption of Solar Power in California, 1900-2010","authors":"J. West","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2010114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2010114","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout its brief history, California has established itself as a national or international leader in key industries — such as aerospace, computing and entertainment — through early mover pre-emption and strong clustering effects. California was also an early leader in the three key technologies of solar energy generation, but has failed to sustain a lead in any of them. Here I review the factors leading to the creation and of the California solar industry, and discuss both the problems faced by pioneer firms and the limited clustering effects contributed to the transient nature of their competitive advantage.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129680990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Theoretical Model of Commercialization of Innovations: Integrating Networks, Absorptive Capacity and Ambidexterity","authors":"Avimanyu Datta","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1545627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1545627","url":null,"abstract":"From a thorough review of literature we investigate the key antecedents and mediators to commercialization of innovations. We posit that a firm’s absorptive capacity and ambidexterity (ability to explore and exploit) affect its ability to commercialize innovations. Further, the antecedents to absorptive capacity and ambidexterity can be found in networks within and between firms. We believe that such networks can help directly explain the variance in the ability to commercialize innovations. Further absorptive capacity too can be an antecedent to ambidexterity. We tie these concepts together and posit a theoretical model for further research.","PeriodicalId":232183,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Commercialization (Sub-Topic)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116156571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}