The Economics and Management of Intellectual Property - Towards Intellectual Capitalism (Hardcover)

This unique book - informed by ten years' research - focuses on intellectual property and charts the global transition towards intellectual capitalism with technology-based corporations as prime movers. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the history and fundamentals of intellectual property as well as a textbook introduction to the field. The book sheds new light on the economics and management of intellectual property in large corporations in Europe, Japan and the US. Special emphasis is given to strategies for the acquisition and commercialization of new technologies, patent strategies and strategies for secrecy and trademark, technology intelligence and corporate management of intellectual property. It includes an in-depth study of leading large corporations in Japan - including Canon, Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony. In conclusion, it explores the possible evolution of intellectual property management towards a distributed intellectual capital management in the context of a wider transition to intellectual capitalism, fueled by new technologies in general and new infocom technologies in particular. The book will have particular appeal to practitioners such as managers, economists, engineers and lawyers as well as students and scholars of industrial organization, economics of innovation and technical change, and management of technology.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Research Handbooks in Business and Management series
Release date:	November 1999
Authors:	Ove Granstrand
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-1-85898-967-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents
LSN:	1-85898-967-1
Barcode:	9781858989679

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