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• Optimal Sharing Strategies In Dynamic Games Of Research And Development

  BNET - 2006-01-01

  This paper analyses the dynamic aspects of knowledge sharing in R&D rivalry. In a model where research projects consist of N sequential stages, the goal is to explore how the innovators' incentives to share intermediate research outcomes change with progress and with their relative positions in an R&D race. An...

  Tags: Game, Strategy, R&D, University Of Melbourne, Race, Research & Development, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Sales

• The Dynamic Effects Of Intellectual Property Practices

  BNET - 2005-09-19

  This paper analyses various intellectual property practices in a dynamic context. Building on a model of Segal and Whinston (2004), the paper considers the rate of innovation when IP Intellectual Property licensing is expected versus when it is not. In each case, innovation returns trade off the immediate value from...

  Tags: Innovation, University Of Melbourne, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management

• The Economic Evaluation of Alternatives to Digital Copyright

  BNET - 2003-05-30

  This paper explores the economic differences between a system of consumer-regulating copyright based on "digital rights management", and alternatives based on public funding. It argues that the distinctions are sufficiently intricate that they elude any simple modeling technique. Instead, this paper attempts a semi-analytic comparison which weighs a set of...

  Tags: Digital-rights Management, University Of Melbourne, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Research & Development, Digital Media, Security, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

• Intellectual Capital: Accumulation and Appropriation

  BNET - 2002-11-01

  This paper seeks to develop a literature-based perspective on intellectual property from the standpoint of business strategy and strategic human resource management. Distinctive competitive advantage is increasingly built on a firm's knowledge, one of the principal ingredients of intellectual capital. Competitive capability is strongly influenced by the organization's ability to...

  Tags: Knowledge, University Of Melbourne, Human Resource Management (HRM), Strategy, Intellectual Property, Organizational Structure, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources

• Firm Performance and Investment in R&D and Intellectual Property

  BNET - 2002-08-01

  This paper analyses the relationship between innovation - proxied by Research and Development (R&D), patent and trade mark activity - and profitability in a panel of Australian firms (1995 to 1998). Special attention is given to assessing the nature of competitive conditions faced by different firms, as the nature of...

  Tags: Intellectual Property, Performance, R&D, Investment, University Of Melbourne, Research & Development, Business Operations