The uses of patents: Toward a definition of patents as a mechanism of governance of organizations’ innovative activities

Les usages du brevet: vers une définition du brevet comme mécanisme de gouvernance des activités d'innovation des organisations

Matthieu Mandard ()
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Matthieu Mandard: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The objective of this paper is to develop a framework that comprehensively elicits the uses of patents. To do so, we start by challenging the traditional definition of patents as a mechanism of protection of innovations by defining them more broadly as a mechanism of governance of organizations' innovative activities, both at the intra- and at the inter-organizational level. We thus show that patents have four main uses: a performance indicator, a motivation device, a reputation vector, and a protection instrument. We then detail the concrete implementation of these uses as well as their limitations. We finally discuss the scientific and managerial implications of this framework.

Keywords: brevet; gouvernance; innovation; motivation; propriété intellectuelle; réputation; Brevet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Innovations - Revue d’économie et de management de l'innovation, 2018, 3 (57), pp.165-187. ⟨10.3917/inno.pr1.0048⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/inno.pr1.0048

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