Harvest and protect organizational knowledge assets

KMTo identify attractive opportunities, organizations must systematically manage their explicit and implicit knowledge assets, finding ways to share, combine, disseminate and maintain this unique type of capital.

IP1Innovation opportunities can be sources of competitive differentiation provided that the intellectual capital they are based on is actively protected through a mix of secrecy, lock-in and/or intellectual property rights.

IP2Innovation opportunities can be leveraged if they are supported by effective patenting strategies, balancing protection and disclosure. Not everything that can be patented should be, and patents can and should foster rather than hinder collaborations.

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Managing corporate knowledge assets

Keywords: boundary spanning, explicit vs. tacit knowledge, knowledge management, knowledge absorption, machine learning

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Protecting intellectual capital

Keywords: appropriability, copyright, infringment, institutions, intellectual property rights, open source, public good, registered design, trademark, trade secret

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Managing patents

Keywords: benefits and drawbacks from patents, freedom to operate, licensing, patent applications, patent strategy, patent trolls

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(c) Prof. Benoit Gailly, Louvain School of Management

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