Open innovation and intellectual property rights
Summary. Small and medium-sized enterprises benefit differently from open innovation and intellectual property protection than larger firms. Using Spanish innovation survey data from 2008-2013, the study finds that SMEs gain more from industrial designs than patents when collaborating openly. The effectiveness of different IP tools—patents, trademarks, copyrights, and designs—varies by company size, suggesting SMEs need tailored IP strategies to maximize innovation efficiency.
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Brem, A., Nylund, P. A., & Hitchen, E. L.. (2017). Open innovation and intellectual property rights. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2016-0223
Brem, Alexander, et al. “Open innovation and intellectual property rights.” Management Decision, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2016-0223.
Brem, Alexander, Petra A. Nylund, and Emma L. Hitchen. 2017. “Open innovation and intellectual property rights.” Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2016-0223.
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author = {Alexander Brem and Petra A. Nylund and Emma L. Hitchen},
journal = {Management Decision},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1108/md-04-2016-0223},
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- DOI
- 10.1108/md-04-2016-0223
- Countries
- Spain
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- Europe
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- entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28