Oxford Scholarship Online: Managing Intellectual Capital

Teece, David J. , Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
Managing Intellectual Capital
Organizational, Strategic, and Policy Dimensions
Publication date 2002 (this edition)
Print ISBN-10: 0-19-829542-1
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829542-6
doi:10.1093/0198295421.001.0001
Abstract: The profitability and growth of business firms is increasingly dependent upon the development and astute deployment of intangible (knowledge) assets. Wealth creation in an open world economy depends critically on technological innovation. This in turn involves developing, owning, and astutely orchestrating knowledge assets and intellectual property. This is what is meant by dynamic capabilities. The value-enhancing skills required in management are gravitating away from the administrative towards the entrepreneurial. The determinants of a firm‘s innovative capacity are rooted in organizational design, incentives, human resources, internal culture, and external linkages. Profiting from innovation is always a challenge, requiring the right business model, integration strategy, and organizational form. Licensing is one of many ways to capture value from innovation, but is generally not the most profitable, except when intellectual property rights are secure. Imitators are prolific and the survival and prosperity of the innovator requires the astute orchestration of intellectual property rights, and complementary assets. Managers designing market entry strategies must also be mindful of the evolution of standards.This book develops managerial principles and illustrates the interplay of these ideas. Technology-licensing and cross-licensing experiences are also presented—focusing in particular on semiconductor and the (float) glass industry.
Keywords:competitive advantage,complementary assets,dynamic capabilities,glass industry,intellectual property,licensing,royalties,semiconductor industry,standards,technological innovation
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Table of Contents
Preface

Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Knowledge Economy and Intellectual Capital Management
    
Part II. Foundations
Chapter 2. The Impact of Market Structure and Organizational Factors on Innovation
    
Chapter 3. Governance Modes and Technological Innovation
    
Chapter 4. Decision Making Processes and the Rate and Direction of Innovation*
    
Part III. Applications to Management and Strategy
Chapter 5. Market Entry Strategies for Innovators: Avoiding Pyrrhic Victories
    
Chapter 6. Imitation Strategies for Owners of Complementary Assets
    
Chapter 7. Outsourcing and Insourcing Strategies for Innovators: Opportunities and Limits*
    
Chapter 8. Understanding the Licensing Option*
    
Part IV. Public Policy
Chapter 9. Antitrust Analysis in High Technology Industries*
    
Appendix

Bibliography

Index