Intellectual Property in SMEs – Creation, Protection, and Utilization of Intellectual and Creative Capital
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 2671
Special Issue Editors
Interests: product and service platforms; patent research; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are glad to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability focusing on “Intellectual property in SMEs: creation, protection and utilization of intellectual and creative capital”. We would be honored to receive your input on this important topic.
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are important drivers in the functioning and modernization of economies and industries. SMEs represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide (source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/smefinance). They are highly important contributors to job creation and the economic development in all nations and economic regions.
The SMEs creating intellectual and creative capital, or with the potential to create them, are most important for the advancement of innovations. However, large companies seem much more successful in prosecuting their intellectual property rights, whether patenting trademarks, design rights, or copyrights. It is often thought that this is due to the SMEs’ lack of financial resources, IPR awareness, and skills.
If this is truly the case we may ask what are the effects on the companies, inventors and society. The full view of this phenomenon and its effects remains highly obscured with plenty of room for new research. The changing landscape brings along new challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity, digitalization, and artificial intelligence, to mention but a few.
We encourage you to view these topics with an open mind and provide the scientific community with new insights.
The scope and purpose of this Special Issue of Sustainability is to discuss intellectual and creative capital in SME companies ranging from its creation and protection to its efficient utilization. By submitting your research, you will contribute to the existing literature in technology management, entrepreneurship and intellectual property management in SMEs and societies.
Prof. Dr. Tuomo Kässi
Guest Editor
Juhani Talvela
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- intellectual property (IP)
- IPR
- creation
- business
- innovation
- SME
