@book{Wulf2006, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {Brauchen Innovationen Schutzrechte: eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Modeindustrie}, publisher = {Logos Verlag}, address = {Berlin}, publisher = {SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences}, pages = {64}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Am Beispiel der Modeindustrie untersucht die Studie, ob Innovationen Schutzrechte ben{\"o}tigen. Die Modeindustrie dient hierbei als Beispiel f{\"u}r eine Industrie mit hohem Innovationspotential. Obwohl es Schutzrechte f{\"u}r Modedesigns gibt, die das geistige Eigentum der Industrie sch{\"u}tzen sollen, ist deren Bedeutung im Innovationswettbewerb der Modeindustrie gering. Trotz der Abh{\"a}ngigkeit der Industrie von dem geistigen Eigentum, auf dem ihre Modeinnovationen basieren, zeigt die vorliegende Untersuchung, dass im Fall der Modeindustrie der freie Umgang mit geistigem Eigentum die Entstehung von Innovationen nicht erkennbar hemmt. Auf der Grundlage dieses Sachverhalts werden Schlussfolgerungen {\"u}ber die allgemeine Bedeutung von Schutzrechten f{\"u}r das Entstehen von Innovationen gezogen, die modischen Erscheinungen unterliegen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Wulf2013, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {Employee Well-Being Policy in the Japanese Business Culture}, series = {MIC 2013: Science and Policy Makers for Sustainable Future: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference, Koper}, booktitle = {MIC 2013: Science and Policy Makers for Sustainable Future: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference, Koper}, pages = {153 -- 166}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Keine Angabe - No details}, language = {en} } @techreport{Wulf2007, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {A Comparative Approach to the Protection of Fashion Innovations}, series = {UC Berkeley Recent Work}, journal = {UC Berkeley Recent Work}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-303}, pages = {1 -- 25}, year = {2007}, abstract = {This paper determines the relevance of industrial property rights to the development of innovations in the fashion industry. It examines how the level of innovation can remain high despite a free exchange of intellectual property - fashion designs - within the industry: The importance of innovation for a fashion business in the industry is determined by the choice of it's competitive strategy. That is, either to be an innovator who creates fashion innovations or to be an imitator who adopts them once they have proven their ability to prevail in the market. The success of innovators depends largely on their ability to react to fashion trends, reinforced by the social role of fashion products and to the extent of their potential to confer status on the owner. Thus the duration of a temporary monopoly gained by an innovation is limited not only by the market entrance of imitators - a period of time that can be prolonged by making use of industrial property rights protection - but also by the constant changes in fashion, a process barely affected by the utilization of intellectual property rights protection. A monopoly maintained by using intellectual property rights might very well not extend the product life cycle beyond the limits posed by the shifting changes of fashion; moreover, an extended life cycle maintained in these circumstances could seriously limit the innovators agility in satisfying consumer demand in line with fashion trends and provoke an inappropriate allocation of resources to developing unfashionable innovations, resulting in a much greater risk of product failure.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Wulf2008, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {A Comparative Approach to the Protection of Fashion Innovations}, series = {The Fashion Industry}, booktitle = {The Fashion Industry}, editor = {Sen, S.}, publisher = {ICFAI University Press}, address = {Hyderabad}, publisher = {SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences}, pages = {74 -- 100}, year = {2008}, abstract = {This paper determines the relevance of industrial property rights to the development of innovations in the fashion industry. It examines how the level of innovation can remain high despite a free exchange of intellectual property - fashion designs - within the industry: The importance of innovation for a fashion business in the industry is determined by the choice of it's competitive strategy. That is, either to be an innovator who creates fashion innovations or to be an imitator who adopts them once they have proven their ability to prevail in the market. The success of innovators depends largely on their ability to react to fashion trends, reinforced by the social role of fashion products and to the extent of their potential to confer status on the owner. Thus the duration of a temporary monopoly gained by an innovation is limited not only by the market entrance of imitators - a period of time that can be prolonged by making use of industrial property rights protection - but also by the constant changes in fashion, a process barely affected by the utilization of intellectual property rights protection. A monopoly maintained by using intellectual property rights might very well not extend the product life cycle beyond the limits posed by the shifting changes of fashion; moreover, an extended life cycle maintained in these circumstances could seriously limit the innovators agility in satisfying consumer demand in line with fashion trends and provoke an inappropriate allocation of resources to developing unfashionable innovations, resulting in a much greater risk of product failure.}, language = {en} } @article{Wulf2010, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {Institutional Competition of Optional Codes in European Contract Law}, series = {NYU Association of Transnational Law Schools Agora}, journal = {NYU Association of Transnational Law Schools Agora}, pages = {1 -- 24}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Keine Angabe - No details}, language = {en} } @article{Wulf2014, author = {Wulf, Alexander J.}, title = {Institutional Competition of Optional Codes in European Contract Law}, series = {European Journal of Law and Economics}, volume = {38}, journal = {European Journal of Law and Economics}, number = {1}, pages = {139 -- 162}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The Common European Sales Law (CESL) is the European Commission's most recent policy initiative for European contract law. It aims to address the problem that differences between the national contract laws of the Member States may constitute an obstacle for the European Internal Market. This paper develops a model of the institutional competition in European contract law and uses it to addresses the question as to whether an optional European contract code and the CESL are economically desirable for European contract law. To do so I examine the transaction costs involved in the process of choosing an applicable law that European businesses face when they conduct cross-border transactions in the European Internal Market. I then describe how these transaction costs shape the competitive environment, i.e. what I refer to as the "European market for contract laws" in which the contracting parties choose a law to govern their cross-border contracts. Having identified this environment and the competitive forces operating within it, I propose a model, the "Cycle of European Contract Law". I use this model to analyze the competitive processes that take place in the European market for contract laws. Based on my results I make recommendations for the optimal implementation of an optional European contract code and the CESL in European contract law.}, language = {en} }