Intellectual Property Rights Management Rookies, Dealers and Strategists

Intellectual Property Rights Management explores how the entire toolbox of intellectual property (IP) protection and management are successfully combined and how firms generate value from IP. In particular, this book provides a framework of archetypes which firms will be able to self-identify with and which will allow companies to focus on the IP and IP Management issues most relevant to them. By doing so, the authors offer further insights as to the use of IP and IP management practices across firms. By looking at empirical data covering the population of firms, the findings not only pertain to large organization but also reflect the practices and operations that reside in SMEs. This volume also utilizes labor market and firm data to determine whether there is a definitive relationship between IP and economic performance on the firm level.

Lars Alkærsig is Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Engineering at Technical University of Denmark.
 
Karin Beukel is Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Food and Resources Economics at Copenhagen University, Denmark.
 
Toke Reichstein is Professor in the Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

1. Introduction
2. IP Archetypes – Rookies, Strategists, Dealers and Strategic Dealers 
3. The IP Rookie
4. The IP Dealer
5. The IP Strategist
6. The IP Strategic Dealer
7. IP Strategy
8. Markets for IP
9. IP Archetypes and Demographics
10. IP and Economic Performance
Exercises