TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eppinger, Elisabeth
A1  - Vladova, Gergana
T1  - Intellectual property management practices at small and medium-sized enterprises
T2  - International journal of technology management
N2  - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) contribute to innovation and economic growth, despite their resource shortages and lack of professional intellectual property (IP) management practices. Drawing on social practice theory and combining insights from recent scholarship on IP strategies and its management, this paper examines the cases of three pharmaceutical SME providing insights into how they appropriate returns on research and development (R&D) investments. It discusses their IP strategies and management practices, examining how the IP management practices are embedded in the firm's organisational structure. Moreover, this paper develops recommendations for SME regarding the professionalisation of their IP management practices.
KW  - IP management
KW  - intellectual property rights
KW  - IPR
KW  - IP strategy
KW  - patents
KW  - pharmaceutical industry
KW  - practice theory
KW  - small and medium-sized enterprise
KW  - SME
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35433
SN  - 0267-5730
VL  - 61
IS  - 1
SP  - 64
EP  - 81
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
CY  - Geneva
ER  -