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Technology and intellectual property strategy of a firm: A view through the commons theory lens

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Strategy theory positions technology as a crucial resource of private value creation while commons theory provides governance structures pertinent to resource utilisation. The widening disconnect in the approach towards leveraging a resource and its governance increases the pressure on intellectual property that links strategy and commons. We discern in this work the existence of an implicit relationship between strategy and commons. Based on a multidisciplinary study of strategy, commons, and intellectual property theories, we propose patent pools in the form of semicommons as a strategic appropriation mechanism that balances technology strategy, IP strategy and commons in the pursuit of value creation.

Source: IIMB Management Review

DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2013.07.003

Authors: Mukundan Raghavan, Karuna Jain, Shishir K. Jha

Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Language: English

Topic: Intellectual Property and Patents

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,200