Since the technological process is shorter, organizations consider intellectual property rights
(IPR) protection of knowledge is unnecessary. Prior studies have paid concentration to …

This book will appeal to a wide audience across the business management and technology
related disciplines. I hope that it will be of use to three categories of those interested in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between knowledge
management and creation of intellectual property within the context of small and medium …

摘要: 开放式创新促进了专利交易, 也加速了创新专业化分工. 专利经营公司选择并实施专利集中
战略, 预示着专利呈现集中管理的趋势. 专利集中战略是开放式创新和专业化分工共同作用的 …

Highlights•Patent portfolio races have been explained by fragmented patent ownership.•We
analyze a patent portfolio race in a highly concentrated industry.•It is an “offensive patent …

Capitalism in China has been evolving rapidly in the form of joint ventures and strategic
alliances joining Chinese and Western organizations. Many Westerners developing …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine the effect of national culture on the capacity of small
and medium‐sized biotechnology enterprises to protect their intellectual assets by analysing …

Purpose Several causes may induce firm managers to analyze the actual technology
condition of patent portfolios, among which is the need of exploiting patents strategically. In …

Patent quality (PQ) is a critical and complex factor of a firm's patent strategy. We posit that
the existing PQ models and their methodological approaches are limited in their ability to …

This paper discusses the patenting behaviour of SMEs. Our focal question is to what extent
do they use patents and what are the main reasons for not using patents. A sketch is given of …