Title :
Classification of the patent strategy of the Japanese firms by market environment and the characteristics of technology
Author :
Hasegawa, Koichi ; Nagata, Akiya ; Toyama, Ryoko ; Hirata, Tom ; Sasaki, Tatsuya
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Knowledge Sci., Japan Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Ishikawa, Japan
Abstract :
This paper attempts to offer a theoretical framework to explain why firms in different industries take different patent strategies. The framework categorizes patent strategies based on the interaction between market characteristics and product characteristics. In this paper, product life cycle and autarky of elemental technology are selected as the axes to explain the differences of patent strategy
Keywords :
patents; product development; research and development management; Japan; R&D management; elemental technology autarky; market characteristics; patent strategies; product characteristics; product life cycle; Chemical industry; Educational institutions; Electronic equipment testing; Environmental management; Information management; Knowledge management; Licenses; Research and development; Technology management; Toy industry;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.951732
