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Intellectual Property Rights, working papers
Open source innovation: Towards a generalization of the open source model beyond software
Submitted by rossi.federica on 17 April, 2011 - 11:38.
This paper investigates the possibility to export the free-libre open source model that has proved successful in the case of software in other sectors. We propose a general definition of open source innovation that relies on two pillars: Openness and interactivity. First, the produced knowledge must remain open, i.e. it must be made available to all without discrimination. read more »
Knowledge flows from foreign subsidiaries: The tension between knowledge creation and knowledge protection
Submitted by rossi.federica on 17 April, 2011 - 11:36.
This paper analyzes the MNC subsidiaries' trade-off between the need for knowledge creation and the need for knowledge protection, and relates it to the extent of knowledge outflows generated within the host location. read more »
Inefficiencies in Markets for Intellectual Property Rights: Experiences of Academic and Public Research Institutions
Submitted by rossi.federica on 17 April, 2011 - 11:29.
Universities' involvement in the use of formal intellectual property rights (IPR) such as patents and registered copyright has increased steadily in the last two decades. read more »
Incentives and Obstacles in the Patent Governance of UK ICT Firms
Submitted by rossi.federica on 16 August, 2010 - 10:02.
Shackling the Digital Economy means Less for Everyone: Why the DIGITAL ECONOMY ACT is bad for the music industry and the digital economy
Submitted by Birgitte Andersen on 16 August, 2010 - 09:55.
This article debates the policy measures designed to curb P2P file-sharing on the Internet. In doing this, the article challenges the Digital Economy Act which was passed through the UK Parliament April 8, and entered into force June 12, 2010.
The role of design in firms’ innovation activity: A micro level analysis
Submitted by chaves on 11 June, 2010 - 16:29.
The empirical literature investigating the issue of the heterogeneity across firms has proposed the concept of innovation modes. This aims at grouping firms depending on a number of innovation characteristics. The role of design as a source of innovation has been largely disregarded. read more »
Harnessing the ‘essential tension’ of design: The complex relationship between the firm and designer consultants
Submitted by chaves on 13 April, 2010 - 12:04.
A central factor which characterizes design-related innovative activities is that a major source of knowledge – that is designers – is very often located outside the firm. This raises a central management issue for the firm and unavoidably generates a tension between designer consultants and the firm which I name the essential tension. read more »
Beyond Bayh-Dole: Universities and the use of Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Intellectual Property (IP) marketplaces
Submitted by rossi.federica on 24 March, 2010 - 11:18.
Building upon an original survey of universities in the United Kingdom, this paper brings an original perspective to the debate on the motivations and effectiveness of academic patenting, and on the exchange of intellectual property (IP) using different protection mechanisms. read more »
Proprietary and non-proprietary intellectual property marketplaces: Their functioning and efficiency as experienced by UK software firms
Submitted by Birgitte Andersen on 28 August, 2009 - 12:44.
By exploring the patterns of engagement in several intellectual property (IP) marketplaces on the part of a sample of software firms based in the UK, the article attempts to shed light on the strategic reasons which induce firms to participate in different IP marketplaces and governance structures, often at the same time. read more »
Intellectual Property (IP) marketplaces and how they work: Evidence from German pharmaceutical firms
Submitted by Birgitte Andersen on 28 August, 2009 - 12:36.
By exploring the patterns of engagement in several intellectual property (IP) marketplaces on the part of a sample of pharmaceutical firms based in Germany, the article attempts to shed light on the strategic reasons which induce firms to participate in different IP marketplaces and governance structures, often at the same time. read more »