F. Scott KieffCambridge University PressEdition: Reprint, 8/6/2015EAN 9781107552111, ISBN10: 1107552117Paperback, 598 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cmLanguage: EnglishIntellectual property is a vital part of the global economy, accounting for about half of the GDP in countries like the United States. Innovation, competition, economic growth and jobs can all be helped or hurt by different approaches to this key asset class, where seemingly slight changes in the rules of the game can have remarkable impact. This book brings together diverse perspectives from the fields of law, economics, business and political science to explore the ways varying approaches to intellectual property can positively and negatively impact our economy and society. Employing approaches that are both theoretically rigorous and grounded in the real world, Perspectives on Commercializing Innovation is well suited for practising lawyers, managers, lawmakers and analysts, as well as academics conducting research or teaching in a range of courses in law schools, business schools and economics departments, at either the undergraduate or graduate level.Part I. Perspectives on Theories of Intellectual Property1. Intellectual property and the theory of the firm Daniel F. Spulber2. A transactional view of property rights Robert P. Merges3. The modularity of patent law Henry E. Smith4. Forging a new environmental and resource economics paradigmthe contractual bases for exchange Terry L. Anderson and Gary D. Libecap5. Commercializing the public domain Michael B. AbramowiczPart II. Perspectives on the Problems of Anticommons and Patent Thickets6. A private ordering solution to the public problems of anticommons F. Scott Kieff and Troy A. Paredes7. Understanding the RAND commitment Douglas Lichtman8. Embryonic inventions and embryonic patentsprospects, prophecies, and pedis possessio John F. Duffy9. Innovation and its discontents Adam B. Jaffe and Josh LernerPart III. Perspectives on Finance and Commercialization10. Patents as options Shaun Martin and Frank Partnoy11. Access to finance and the technological innovationa historical experiment Stephen Haber12. The decline of the American inventora Schumpeterian story? Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Ken SokoloffPart IV. Perspectives on the University Innovation13. University softwarepatents, open source, and commercialization John R. Allison, Arti K. Rai and Bhaven Sampat14. The impact of the Bayh-Dole Act on genetic research and developmentevaluating the arguments and empirical research to date Charles R. McManis and Sucheol Noh15. Patents, material transfers and access to research inputs in biomedical research Wesley M. Cohen, John P. Walsh and Charlene Cho16. Are universities the new patent trolls? Mark LemleyPart V. Perspectives on International Considerations17. Successful factors for commercializing the results of research and development in emerging economies - a preliminary study of ITRI in Taiwan Paul C. B. Liu, Kuang-Wei Chueh and Mong-Yao Ker18. Commercializing university researchbeyond economic incentives Richard Gold.