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The Patent Asset Index: A New Approach to Benchmark Patent Portfolios
Patent rankings and patent scoreboards are popular methods to benchmark patent portfolios of firms against each other.

Cross-Border Dynamics of IP Modularity: International Patenting in LEDs and Lithium-Ion Secondary Battery Technology
Decision-makers need currently and potentially valuable intellectual property to apply an international IP modularity value capture strategy.

emmtrix Technologies: Patent Negotiations in High-Tech Academic Spinoffs
Author: Riar, F. J., Guderian, C. C., Bican, P. M., 2020
Publication: Ivey Publishing
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Identifying Emerging Technologies with Smart Patent Indicators: The Example of Smart Houses
Author: Guderian, C. 2019
Publication: International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
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Intellectual Property as a Management Discipline
Author: Ernst, H., 2017
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Managing Knowledge in Open Innovation Processes: An Intellectual Property Perspective
Author: Bican, P., Guderian, C., Ringbeck, A. 2017
Publication: Journal of Knowledge Management, 21(6), 1384-1405
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Integrating the R&D and Patent Functions: Implications for New Product Performance
Author: Ernst, H., Fischer, M. 2014
Publication: Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 31 (S1), pp. 118-132
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Die Patentabteilung als Motor des Technologiemanagements: Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick
Author: Ernst, H., 2014
Publication: Schultz, C., Hölzle, K. (eds.), Motoren der Innovation Zukunftsperspektiven der Innovationsforschung. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Gemünden, S. 39-55
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A Framework for the Strategic Management of Intellectual Property
Author: Conley, J.G., Bican, P., Ernst, H., 2013
Publication: California Management Review – Special Issue on Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 55, Nr. 4, pp. 102-120
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Improving Retrieval Results with Discipline-Specific Query Expansion
Author: Lüke, T.; Schaer, P.; Mayr, P. 2012
Publication: Proceedings of the Second international conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Berlin, Springer, S. 408-413
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Valuing Patents Through Indicators
Author: Omland, N. 2011
Publication: Munari, F. and Oriani, R. (eds.): The Economic Valuation of Patents – Methods and Applications, pp. 169-201, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
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Patent Teaching Kit
Author: Omland, N. et al. 2011
Publication: Created for and published by the European Patent Office.
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Evaluating the Risk of Patent Infringement by Means of Semantic Patent Analysis: The Case of DNA-Chips
Author: Bergmann, I.; Butzke, D.; Walter, L.; Fürste, J-P.; Möhrle, M.G.; Erdmann, V. A. 2007
Publication: The R&D Management Conference 2007, Risk and uncertainty in R&D management, Bremen, 4-6 July 2007
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Patent Portfolio Analysis as a Useful Tool for Identifying R&D and Business Opportunities
Author: Fabry, B., Ernst, H., Langholz, J., Kösters, M. 2006
Publication: World Patent Information, Vol. 28, pp. 215-225
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Enhancing Market-Oriented R&D Planning by Integrated Market and Patent Portfolios – An Empirical Application in the Chemical Industry
Author: Ernst, H., Fabry, B., Soll J.H. 2004
Publication: Journal of Business Chemistry, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004
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Vitalization of Industry through the Regional Promotion of Knowledge Intensive New Firms: The Case of German Biotechnology
Author: Ernst, H., Omland, N. 2004
Publication: Journal of Innovation Management, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 61-75
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An Integrated Portfolio Approach to Support Market-Oriented R&D Planning
Author: Ernst, H., Soll, J.H. 2003
Publication: International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 26 (5/6), pp. 540-560
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Patent Information for Strategic Technology Management
Author: Ernst, H. 2003
Publication: World Patent Information, Vol. 25, Issue 3, pp. 233-242
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Patentmanagement junger Technologieunternehmen
Author: Ernst, H., Soll, J.H. 2003
Publication: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Ergänzungsheft 2/2003, S. 95-113
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Success Factors of New Product Development: A Review of the Empirical Literature
Author: Ernst, H. 2002
Publication: International Journal of Management Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-40
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Patent Applications and Subsequent Changes of Performance: Evidence from Time-Series Cross-Section Analyses on the Firm Level
Author: Ernst, H. 2001
Publication: Research Policy Vol. 30 (1), pp. 143-157
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The Influence of Corporate Acquisitions on the Behaviour of Key Inventors
Author: Ernst, H., Vitt, J. 2000
Publication: R&D Management, Vol 30 (2), pp. 105-119
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Inventors Are Not Alike: The Distribution of Patenting Output Among Industrial R&D
Author: Ernst, H., Leptien, C., Vitt, J. 2000
Publication: Personnel, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 47 (2), pp. 184-199
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Gains and Pains from Licensing—Patent-Portfolios as Strategic Weapons in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Industry
Author: Brockhoff, K., Ernst, H., Hundhausen, E., 1999
Publication: Technovation, Vol. 19 (10), pp. 605-614
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Assessment of R&D Collaborations by Patent Data in the International Automotive Industry
Author: Ernst, H., Teichert, T. 1999
Publication: Kocaoglu, D.F. und Anderson, T.R. (eds.), Technology and Innovation Management, PICMET’99 Proceedings, Portland, OR, pp. 78-86
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Industrial Research as a Source of Important Patents
Author: Ernst, H., 1998
Publication: Kocaoglu, D.F. und Anderson, T.R. (eds.), Technology and Innovation Management, PICMET’99 Proceedings, Portland, OR, pp. 78-86
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The Use of Patent Data for Technological Forecasting: The Diffusion of CNC-Technology in the Machine Tool Industry
Author: Ernst, H., 1997
Publication: Small Business Economics, Vol. 9 (4), pp. 361-381
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Patentinformationen für die strategische Planung von Forschung und Entwicklung
Author: Ernst, H. (1996)
Publication: DUV-Verlag, Wiesbaden
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Patenting Strategies in the German Mechanical Engineering Industry and their Relationship to Company Performance
Author: Ernst, H. 1995
Publication: Technovation, Vol. 15 (4), pp. 225-236
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