Publications

2012
Working Paper

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

By: Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Willy C. Shih

In this paper we explain how firms seeking to take advantage of distributed innovation and outsourcing can bridge the tension between value creation and value capture by modifying the modular structure of their technical systems. Specifically, we introduce the concept... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Value Appropriation; Distributed Innovation; Open Innovation; Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Value; Complexity; Intellectual Property

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October 2006
Article

Profiting from Innovation and the Intellectual Property Revolution

By: Gary Pisano

Keywords: Profit; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property

2007
Conference Presentation

Current Trends in Brand Preservation and Intellectual Property

By: Frank Nagle

April 2009
Teaching Note

Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles and Andrei Hagiu

Teaching Note for [709404]. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Intellectual Property; Valuation; Auctions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Resource Allocation; Banking Industry

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Article

Some Reflections on the Antitrust Treatment of Intellectual Property

By: Tracy R. Lewis and Dennis A. Yao

Abridged version in The Financial Times, The Complete MBA Companion, 1997, pp. 577-582. View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Law Enforcement

December 2000
Background Note

Intellectual Asset Valuation

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gavin Clarkson

Discusses the shortcomings of the current "rules of thumb" for intellectual asset valuation in the context of intellectual property licensing transactions. As an alternative to the present scheme, this note proposes quantitative methods for such valuations in order to... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Intellectual Property

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Summer 2013
Article

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

By: Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Willy C. Shih

Firms seeking to take advantage of distributed innovation and outsourcing can bridge the tension between value creation and value capture by modifying the modular structure of their technical systems. Specifically, this article introduces the concept of "IP... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Value Appropriation; Distributed Innovation; Open Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Intellectual Property; Value

13 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel

18 Nov 2011
Conference Presentation

Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Value

23 Sep 2011
Conference Presentation

Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Value

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Other Unpublished Work

Intellectual Property and Developing Countries: Options for US Policy

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Policy; United States

Article

How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture

By: Gary P. Pisano and David J. Teece

Capturing value from innovation requires innovators to figure out how to blunt inroads into the profit stream by imitators, customers, suppliers, and other providers of complementary products and services. In making strategic decisions around technology... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Structures; Standards; Commercialization; Value

2010
Article

Has the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development?

By: Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi

This article reviews recent research conducted by the authors that finds that intellectual property rights reform increases technology transfers, foreign direct investment inflows, and industrial development. It also places the findings of this work in the broader... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Rights; Information Technology; Body of Literature; Foreign Direct Investment; Industry Growth

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Mar 2012
Talk

The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

07 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

Keywords: by Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Willy C. Shih

1 Aug 2009
Conference Presentation

Modularity for Value Appropriation - Drawing the Boundaries of Intellectual Property

Keywords: Value

2007
Working Paper

Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence

By: Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi

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8 Jul 2013
Lecture

The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

January–February 2013
Article

Will Our Partner Steal Our IP?

By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang

This fictionalized case looks at the spillover of intellectual property (IP) from a critical component supplier to an original equipment maker in the Chinese auto industry. What are the challenges to holding on to proprietary know-how when a customer wishes to use... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; China; Taiwan