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Economic Focus Study on SMEs and Intellectual Property in Switzerland
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 February 2008
End Date
01 November 2008
Status
completed
Keywords
SME
small firms
intellectual property
patent
uncertainty
econometrics
analysis
statistical
policy
Description
This research project contains the results of a study jointly commissioned by the Institute for Intellectual Property (IPI) to the Institute of Technology Management (ITEM) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI) at the College of Management of Technology, École Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
The purpose of this study is to analyse how, why, and to which extent Swiss small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use or do not use the intellectual property rights (IPR) measures the Swiss IP system offers, and to elaborate policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses.
The project report comprises six sections: A comprehensive literature review (chapter 2), an econometric analysis of the Swiss Innovation Survey conducted by the Konjunkturforschungsstelle at ETH Zurich (henceforth denominated ‘KOF data') (chapter 3), an econometric analysis of a survey of SMEs conducted by IPI itself (chapter 4), an econometric analysis that matches the findings of the IPI study with external patent data (chapter 5), an integrative analysis that comments on the commonalities and differences of these analyses and explores them in greater detail by using additional qualitative analyses (chapter 6), and a final chapter that elaborates policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses (chapter 7).
At the beginning of each chapter, we provide an overview that summarises what this specific is analysing, and which shows how these analyses are connected to the other chapters. At the end of each chapter, a summary draws up the main findings of the respective chapter and shows how these findings relate to those from other chapters, and how they are used in conjunction with other findings.
The purpose of this study is to analyse how, why, and to which extent Swiss small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use or do not use the intellectual property rights (IPR) measures the Swiss IP system offers, and to elaborate policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses.
The project report comprises six sections: A comprehensive literature review (chapter 2), an econometric analysis of the Swiss Innovation Survey conducted by the Konjunkturforschungsstelle at ETH Zurich (henceforth denominated ‘KOF data') (chapter 3), an econometric analysis of a survey of SMEs conducted by IPI itself (chapter 4), an econometric analysis that matches the findings of the IPI study with external patent data (chapter 5), an integrative analysis that comments on the commonalities and differences of these analyses and explores them in greater detail by using additional qualitative analyses (chapter 6), and a final chapter that elaborates policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses (chapter 7).
At the beginning of each chapter, we provide an overview that summarises what this specific is analysing, and which shows how these analyses are connected to the other chapters. At the end of each chapter, a summary draws up the main findings of the respective chapter and shows how these findings relate to those from other chapters, and how they are used in conjunction with other findings.
Leader contributor(s)
Partner(s)
EPFL Lausanne
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
intellectual property
geistiges eigentum
management von geistigem eigentum in KMUs
Method(s)
econometric analysis
quantitative analysis
logit model
log-linear model
contingency table analysis
cluster analysis
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Principal
Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (IGE), Bern
Division(s)
Eprints ID
69359
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PublicationEconomic focus study on SMEs and intellectual property(Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, 2009)
;Lhuillery, Stéphane ;Garcia-Torres, M. AbrahamRaffo, JulioThis report contains the results of a study jointly commissioned by the Institute for Intellectual Property (IPI) to the Institute of Technology Management (ITEM) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI) at the College of Management of Technology, École Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The purpose of this study is to analyse how, why, and to which extent Swiss small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use or do not use the intellectual property rights (IPR) measures the Swiss IP system offers, and to elaborate policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses. The report comprises six sections: A comprehensive literature review (chapter 2), an econometric analysis of the Swiss Innovation Survey conducted by the Konjunkturforschungsstelle at ETH Zurich (henceforth denominated ‘KOF data') (chapter 3), an econometric analysis of a survey of SMEs conducted by IPI itself (chapter 4), an econometric analysis that matches the findings of the IPI study with external patent data (chapter 5), an integrative analysis that comments on the commonalities and differences of these analyses and explores them in greater detail by using additional qualitative analyses (chapter 6), and a final chapter that elaborates policy recommendations on the basis of these analyses (chapter 7). At the beginning of each chapter, we provide an overview that summarises what this specific is analysing, and which shows how these analyses are connected to the other chapters. At the end of each chapter, a summary draws up the main findings of the respective chapter and shows how these findings relate to those from other chapters, and how they are used in conjunction with other findings.