Economic and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights

by C. Peeters (Editor), B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (Editor)

Overview

This book provides a better understanding of how intellectual property can improve economic and business performance. It focuses on three particular issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and intellectual property. Scholars from leading worldwide institutions use quantitative methods and advanced survey techniques to explore the complex relationship between patents, innovation, venture capital and scientific research. The book focuses on three broad issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and intellectual property.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403949639
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/29/2005
Series:	Applied Econometrics Association Series
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

STEFANO BRESCHI Associate Professor of Applied Economics and Deputy Director, CESPRI, Bocconi University, Italy MICHELE CINCERA Associate Professor, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium ARNOUD DE MEYER Akzo Nobel Fellow in Strategic Management and Professor of Technology Management at INSEAD, France SAM GARG Research Associate, INSEAD, France CHRISTINE GREENHALGH Director of Economic Research, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre and Tutor in Economics, St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK DIETMAR HARHOFF Professor of Business Administration, Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU), Germany SUNG JIN KANG Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University, Korea FRANCESCO LISSONI Associate Professor of Applied Economics, University of Brescia and Deputy Director, CESPRI and Co-ordinator, European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics, Bocconi University, Italy FABIO MONTOBBIO Associate Professor of Political Economy, University of Insubria and Senior Researcher, CESPRI, Bocconi University, Italy SADAO NAGAOKA Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation Research of Hitotsubashi University, Japan ROBERT PITKETHLY Lecturer in Management Studies, Said Business School, Fellow and Senior Research Associate, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre and Tutor in Management, University of Oxford, UK MARK ROGERS Senior Research Fellow, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre and Tutor in Economics, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK ASTRID ROMAIN Research Fellow, Solvay Business School, UK and the Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium HWAN JOO SEO Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Sangji University, Korea

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Advanced Research Findings and Fields for Further Research in Economics and Management of Intellectual Property; B.van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie & C.Peeters PART 1: PATENT VALUE The Battle for Patent Rights; D.Harhoff Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Value of UK Firms; C.Greenhalgh & M.Rogers Business Method Patents and Venture Capital Investment Decisions; R.H.Pitkethly PART 2: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS Open Science and University Patenting: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Italian Case; S.Breschi, F.Lissoni & F.Montobbio Brain Drain and R&D Activities of Multinationals; M.Cincera Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Induce More Patents?; S.J.Kang & H.J.Seo PART 3: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ABND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS What is Different about Innovation in Asia?; A.De Meyer & S.Garg How Do the Speed, Science Linkage, Focus and New Entry Matter in IT Inventions?; S.Nagaoka Complex Innovation Strategies and Patenting Behaviour; C.Peeters & B.van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie On the Relationship Between Patents and Venture Capital; A.Romain & B.van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Index