Factors that determine intellectual property strategy of the firm

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2010-04
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Lee, Sooi Poh
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This study investigates the factors that influence the likelihood of a company infringing on intellectual property rights, and what are the policies that the Government can use to enhance its IP (intellectual property) strategy The qualitative model used in the analysis is the logit regression model where the dependent variable is the logarithm of the odds of IP infringement. The results show the probability of intellectual property infringement depends on the size of the company ( number of employee and sales), the country of origin of the company, the nature of the company‟s business or field of works and whether the company provides IP education and training, whether the company has IP awareness, and whether the company has R&D or some sort of technology alliance. While the nature of business and the company size are inherent to an individual company, IP awareness & education, R&D and technology alliance can be enhanced through government‟s efforts and incentives. In addition, the IP organization‟s active promotion and assistance to the business companies and the community also helps to reduce IP infringement.
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Business Administration , Intellectual Property Strategy
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