The development of formal ICT standards is a challenging form of collaborative innovation, combining consensus decision making and R&D rivalry. To supplement this formal standard setting process, it has thus become frequent that part of the involved firms creates ad hoc consortia to better align...

The development of formal ICT standards is a loose form of collaborative innovation: firms first develop rival technologies, some of which are then eventually selected in the standard. Against this background, firms often use informal consortia to define a clearer technology roadmap ahead of the...

This article investigates the interplay between formal standards, essential patents and informal industry alliances such as consortia and patent pools. Building upon more than 6.200 declarations of essential patents to major international Standard Development Organizations (SDO), we investigate...

Universitäten versuchen vermehrt exzellente Forschung nicht nur zu betreiben, sondern diese auch zu verwerten. Forschungsergebnisse und Erfindungen sollen durch einen bestmöglichen Wissens- und Technologietransfer in Industrie und Wirtschaft, die Wissenschaft fördern und finanzielle...