...Tavneet Kaur; Khushdeep Dharni Purpose Firms are often challenged to appropriate performance benefits of patenting activities. Research on performance outcomes of patenting activity is beset with mixed results and ambiguity. Hence, the purpose of this study is to quantitatively aggregate...

...Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli; Francesco Rogo 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 this paper, the question of how to support intellectual property (IP...

...-pecuniary research spillovers or pecuniary technology transfer activities. Design/methodology/approach – Two publicly available surveys, one dealing with the research and transfer activities of 45 Spanish universities and another with the patenting activities of 44 Spanish SCPs, are matched...

...Wilfred Dolfsma Purpose The purpose of this paper is to further the development of strategic thinking, relevant for both academics and practitioners, about a key asset in the knowledge economy: patents. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on existing insights on the strategic use...

...Ahmed Bounfour; Nicolas van Zeebroeck; Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie; Dominique Guellec Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the sharp increase in academic patenting over the past 20 years and to raise important issues regarding the generation and diffusion of academic...

...Ludmila Striukova Purpose The purpose of the paper is to provide a taxonomy of values created by corporate patents. Design/methodology/approach Following an extensive literature review, value created by corporate patents is analysed according to four categories: embedded in individuals...

...Jan Mouritsen; Gergana Koleva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how a patent is an intangible asset and how it creates value. Design/methodology/approach Through analysis of a set of cases, the paper analyses how a patent becomes related to a series of other elements...

...Cory R. Fine; James Ottavio Castagnera Academia is an industry like many of those in the private sector. It produces valuable patents, copyrights and other intellectual property. Consequently, the “research for sale” industry by way of corporate/university partnerships continues to grow. While...

...Ruth L. Williams; Wendi R. Bukowitz This paper will explore the emerging trend of business methods patenting by posing the following question: “Is the growing emphasis on asserting ownership over some forms of intellectual capital inimical to the organization’s ability to realize value from...

... and its impact as an engine of change on accounting and valuation practices. The fourth thing was that internally was we started shifting the costs for obtaining and maintaining patents directly to the businesses. Before it was part of corporate overhead. That provided us the hook. A story I like...

...Josephine Chinying Lang This article reviews emergent global trends in intellectual property protection and identifies patenting as a strategic initiative. Recent developments in software and method‐of‐doing‐business patenting are fast transforming the e‐business landscape. The article discusses...