Governing Medical Knowledge Commons, Strandburg, J. 9781316601006 New<-

Governing Medical Knowledge CommonsAuthor(s): Katherine J. Strandburg, Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316601006, 978-1316601006\nSynopsis\nGoverning Medical Knowledge Commons makes three claims: first, evidence matters to innovation policymaking; second,evidence shows that self-governing knowledge commons support effective innovation without prioritizing traditional intellectual property rights; and third, knowledge commons can succeed in the critical fields of medicine and health. The editors' knowledge commons framework adapts Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on natural resource commons to the distinctive attributes of knowledge and information, providing a systematic means for accumulating evidence about how knowledge commons succeed. The editors' previous volume, Governing Knowledge Commons, demonstrated the framework's power through case st.