> Objectives
The Summer School on the Economics and Management of Intellectual
Property Rights intends to promote research in the field of intellectual
property systems and intangible assets, by encouraging the work
of Ph.D students and post-doc researchers regarding strategic, economic
and financial aspects of IPRs. The Summer School is organized by
the Department of Management of the University of Bologna and Alma
Graduate School with the support of the European Investment Bank
and of the Polo Scientifico-Didattico di Rimini of the University
of Bologna.
- Download the brochure of the Summer School
> Programme
The Summer School will combine lectures and seminars by internationally renowned scholars with presentations of working papers by Ph.D candidates and young scholars on issues related to the economic and strategic management of IPRs. Students will have the opportunity to present their research work in the form of working papers or research proposals, which will then be discussed by senior scholars. The official language of the school will be English.
Seminars will address the following topics:
- Patents and innovation
- Innovation and IP strategy
- The role of IPRs in open and distributed innovation
- Patents and knowledge flows
- Markets for technology and licensing
- New ventures creation and patent strategies
- Venture capital and innovation financing: the role of IPRs
- Patenting business methods
- The valuation of financial patents
- The valuation of patents through real options
- The analysis of patent data: survey-based methods
- The analysis of R&D and innovation: econometric issues
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- Download the detailed program of the Summer School
> Lecturers
- Gautam Ahuja (University of Michigan)
- Stefano Breschi (Bocconi University)
- Paola Giuri (University of Bologna)
- Stuart Graham (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Jaques Mairesse (Maastricht University)
- Myriam Mariani (Bocconi University)
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- Federico Munari (University of Bologna)
- Raffaele Oriani (LUISS - Guido Carli)
- Ammon Salter (Imperial College London)
- Salvatore Torrisi (University of Bologna)
- Reinhilde Veugelers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
- Stefan Wagner (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
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> Scientific Commitee
Federico Munari (University of Bologna)
Raffaele Oriani (LUISS Guido Carli)
Maurizio Sobrero (University of Bologna)
Salvatore Torrisi (University of Bologna)
> Venue
The Summer School will take place in Bologna at Alma Graduate School from 8 June–12 June 2009. Accomodation for participants will be provided at the Residenza degli Studi Superiori of the University of Bologna
> Sponsorship
The Summer School will be organized within the EVPAT (“The Economic Valuation of Patents”) research project, financed by the European Investment Bank, under the EIBURS measure. The EVPAT project, based in the Department of Management of the University of Bologna, has the overall goal to review, improve and validate analytic models for the economic valuation of patents.
> Admission requirements
The School will admit 25 participants. It will be geared toward to Ph.D students or post-doc researchers from all over the world, studying topics related to economics and management of innovation and intellectual property. Candidates already active in research or professional activities related to the protection, strategic management and valuation of IPRs could also be admitted to the School.
Applications should include:
- the applicant’s CV, including an outline of her/his research interests and the current status/affiliation.
- abstract (max. 2 pages) of the paper or the research proposal to be presented. Papers should address topics in the fields of economics and management of innovation and IPRs.
> Registration
Applications should be completed electronically, by submitting a pdf version of the CV and an abstract to this page.
Deadline for submission of applications: 24th April 2009
Notification of acceptance at the Summer School: 30th April 2009
Deadline for submission of the working paper or research proposal: 29h May 2009
> Tuition fees
350 Euro, for accommodation expenses at the Residenza degli Studi Superiori.
For further information on the Summer School
please contact Serena Morricone
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