Does Patent Strategy Shape the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge? Evidence from Human Genetics

• Main Authors: HUANG, Kenneth Guang-Lih, MURRAY, Fiona
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Patents; political planning; policy sciences; intellectual property; genetics; government policy; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/986; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/1985/viewcontent/PatentStrategyShapeLRSupplyPublicKnowledge_2008_pp.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Knowledge-based firms seeking competitive advantage often draw on the public knowledge stream (ideas embedded in public commons institutions) as the foundation for private knowledge (ideas firms protect through private intellectual property [IP] institutions). However, understanding of the converse...