The battle for patent rights / Dietmar Harhoff -- Intellectual property, competition and the value of UK firms / Christine Greenhalgh and Mark Rogers -- Business method patents and venture capital investment decisions / Robert H. Pitkethly -- Open science and university patenting : a...

This book provides a better understanding of how intellectual property can improve economic and business performance. It focuses on three particular issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and intellectual property. Scholars from leading...

Patenting strategy, technological diversity, domestic and international R&D collaborations and/or co-applications, and the mix of designated states for protection 'also' affect the value of patents. © Elsevier Science S.A.