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Intellectual Property Management in Inter-firm R&D Collaborations
Journal
Taiwan Academy of Management Journal
ISSN
1680-8479
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2006-02-01
Author(s)
DOI
Abstract
The paper outlines the increasing importance that intellectual property has gained in inter-firm R&D collaborations. Our research is based on an eight months duration benchmarking study with five in-depth case studies as a selection out of 221 global successful practice companies, a nine months duration workshop series with nine multinational companies from different industry sectors and furthermore, almost hundred interviews with intellectual property experts in Europe, the United States of America and Japan. We present a case study of the world?s leading intellectual property champion IBM and identify general success categories and success factors for managing intellectual property in inter-firm R&D collaborations. The paper finally derives knowledge areas as basis for intellectual property rights being relevant to exploit collaboration outcomes sustainingly.
Language
English
Keywords
Intellectual Property Management
Inter-firm R&D Collaborations
Trends
Open Innovation
IBM
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Department of Business Administration and Department of Finance, National Chung Hsing University
Publisher place
Taibei
Volume
6
Number
2
Start page
217
End page
236
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
6277