Royalty and the Olympic movement

Evaluation and Fitting of Sustainable Sport Development Model of the Country Based on Agenda 21 of the Olympic Movement

Aims & Backgrounds: The implementation of the principles of sustainable development in sport has been recommended and emphasized by the International Olympic Committee. The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions and components of this category and to develop a sustainable development model for Iranian sport. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive-survey research that uses basi...

Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking

We study several interconnected problems that arise under the current U.S. patent system when a patent covers one component or feature of a complex product. This situation is common in the information technology sector of the economy. Our analysis applies to cases involving reasonable royalties but not lost profits. First, we show using bargaining theory that the threat to obtain a permanent in...

The Olympic Movement as an Example of the Interdependence between Sport and Politics

Fee versus royalty reconsidered

For an outsider innovator in a Cournot oligopoly, royalty licensing could be superior to both fixed fee and auction. The result depends on a simple fact that has been overlooked in the existing literature, namely, the number of licenses can take only integer values.  2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: D21; D43; D45

Epigenetics of Royalty

Imagine—you’ve just been born, and your future looks bleak. After an all-too brief infancy when you’ll be cared for and fed, you’ll be forced into child labour, cleaning a dark and crowded home and caring for your many siblings. You’ll be subsequently put on guard duty to defend your home against vicious intruders. If you survive, you’ll spend the rest of your days searching for tiny bits of fo...