Implications of the organizational changes in IPR management: an illustration with the Thales' case

Cécile Ayerbe (), Nathalie Lazaric, Liliana Mitkova () and Michel Callois
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Cécile Ayerbe: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Liliana Mitkova: OEP - Organisation et Efficacité de Production - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12

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Abstract: The defense industry in France as well as abroad has in recent years undergone important technological, organizational and institutional changes that have profoundly altered its architecture. These changes have introduced a new division of labor that has brought about new interaction opportunities thanks to which additional assets can be created. In this context, the question of the protection of innovations and of their exploitation has become central. All the more so as the management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) requires new competencies from industrial groups. This article analyses these evolutions and focuses particular attention on the new organizational arrangements that have accompanied them. The case of Thales, which in 2005 outsourced much of the management of their intellectual property, is representative of these changes. The question is, are we witnessing the emergence of a new division of labor with the creation of new co-specialized assets or that of a new form of spin-offs specializing in protection activities. Our analysis will show that what is happening is less the emergence of a new form of co-specialized assets than that of «entrepreneurial spin offs».

Keywords: Intellectual property; Complex industries; Organization- Outsourcing; Case study.; Case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-06-04
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Published in AFSE, Jun 2009, Sophia Antipolis, France

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