TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectual property rights in innovation management research : A review
AU - Candelin-Palmqvist, Hanni
AU - Sandberg, Birgitta
AU - Mylly, Ulla-Maija
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The issue of intellectual property rights (IPRs) is assuming increasing importance, especially for innovative firms seeking international growth. This leads to an increasing need for IPR research. Nevertheless, so far it is not known how well the current research answers to this emerging need. Hence, this study finds out how IPR research has evolved in the literature on innovation management and identifies the current trends. In order to do this we analysed articles published in the years 1970–2009 in the seven leading innovation management journals. We found 111 articles focusing on IPR issues for our systematic content analysis. The results indicate that IPRs are a fast-growing research field in innovation management, but there is a need to develop coherent constructs and conceptual frameworks that would strengthen the theoretical basis of the research. Most of the studies emphasise patents, rely on secondary data, and focus on North American and European contexts. The article concludes with suggestions for future research.
AB - The issue of intellectual property rights (IPRs) is assuming increasing importance, especially for innovative firms seeking international growth. This leads to an increasing need for IPR research. Nevertheless, so far it is not known how well the current research answers to this emerging need. Hence, this study finds out how IPR research has evolved in the literature on innovation management and identifies the current trends. In order to do this we analysed articles published in the years 1970–2009 in the seven leading innovation management journals. We found 111 articles focusing on IPR issues for our systematic content analysis. The results indicate that IPRs are a fast-growing research field in innovation management, but there is a need to develop coherent constructs and conceptual frameworks that would strengthen the theoretical basis of the research. Most of the studies emphasise patents, rely on secondary data, and focus on North American and European contexts. The article concludes with suggestions for future research.
KW - 513 Law
KW - Intellectual property rights
KW - Innovation management
KW - Patent
KW - Review
U2 - 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.01.005
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 502
EP - 512
JO - Technovation : The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management
JF - Technovation : The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management
SN - 0166-4972
IS - 9-10
ER -