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Intellectual property management practices at small and medium-sized enterprises

  • 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.

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Author details:Elisabeth EppingerORCiDGND, Gergana VladovaORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2013.050244
ISSN:0267-5730
Title of parent work (English):International journal of technology management
Publisher:Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Place of publishing:Geneva
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2013
Publication year:2013
Release date:2017/03/26
Tag:IP management; IP strategy; IPR; SME; intellectual property rights; patents; pharmaceutical industry; practice theory; small and medium-sized enterprise
Volume:61
Issue:1
Number of pages:18
First page:64
Last Page:81
Funding institution:German Ministry of Research and Education
Organizational units:Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Peer review:Referiert
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