The use of Intellectual Property by Small and Middle-sized enterprises
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
26.06.2009
Verlag
GRINSeitenzahl
68
Maße (L/B/H)
21/14.8/0.6 cm
Gewicht
112 g
Auflage
2. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-640-35831-1
Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, University of Göttingen, language: English, abstract: Since the past half century we observe a growing importance of Intellectual Property (IP) which is often associated with a shift towards a knowledge-based economy. In knowledgebasedeconomies, IP protection and management have become the highly important element for business success. Intellectual Property is everywhere: it is embedded in daily-needsproducts, high-tech equipment, technology, as well organizational routines. Having become crucial in modern world, Intellectual Property and knowledge capital, more than physicalcapital, drive economies of different countries. About 70% of business assets today are intangibles.1Not less important for economy are small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs). This strategic sector covers the whole spectrum of economic fields and is a very importantcontributor to sustainable economic development. Representing over 90% of all business establishments and about half or more of GDP and export shares SME sector is oftenassociated with a 'backbone' of most national economies.2Intellectual Property is increasingly regarded as a valuable resource for individuals, firms and nations, and as a source of competitive advantage.3 Nowadays, companies areexploiting IP rights not only for protection and security of return purposes; they increasingly use them due to strategic reasons. Numerous studies and literatures4 recognized SMEs as animportant contributor to innovation. However, there is still a little understanding of how SMEs manage their IP. Existing studies have focused mainly on large firms and,particularly, on patenting activity, and there are still few attempts to bridge all three together: SMEs, Intellectual Property and IP management. The aim of this paper is an analysis of SME's performance in innovation and the state ofSMEs in IP system. For this reason two main questions were formulated: 'How do SMEs manage their IP?' and 'Are SMEs really disadvantaged by their size in the use of IP rights?'In order to answer the first question, the following aspects were examined: a way of usage different protection methods by SMEs, the reasons why they apply for IP protection andwhat obstacles SMEs may face in their exploitation of IP system.
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