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Author Baecker, Philipp N.

Title Real options and intellectual property : capital budgeting under imperfect patent protection / Philipp N. Baecker
Published Berlin ; London ; New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations
Series Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ; 587
Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ; 587.
Contents Introduction; Patent Protection, the Firm, and the Economy; Uncertainty, Irreversibility, and Flexibility; Patent Protection in the Pharmaceutical Industry; Introduction and Related Work; Patents as Investment Opportunities; Patent Risk as Jumps in the Underlying Process; From Business Shifts to Jump Processes; Preliminary Conclusion; Introduction and Related Work; Patent Risk as an Option to Litigate; Preliminary Conclusion; Conclusion
Summary Over the last years, due to intensive competition in the knowledge economy, legal aspects surrounding intellectual property (IP) rights - including litigation and settlement - have continuously gained in importance. This test proposes an integrated approach to patent risk and capital budgeting in pharmaceutical research and development (R and D)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Pharmaceutical industry
Drugs -- Research.
Intellectual property.
Capital budget.
Drug Industry
Intellectual Property
intellectual property.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
Intellectual property.
Capital budget.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Drugs -- Research.
Affaires.
Science économique.
Economie de l'entreprise.
Capital budget
Drugs -- Research
Intellectual property
Pharmaceutical industry
Intellectueel eigendom.
Capital budgetting.
Octrooien.
Onvolledige concurrentie.
Farmaceutische industrie.
Form Electronic book
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