Comments on: Why Business Schools Should Be Teaching IP Management http://ideanomics.com/2008/07/24/why-business-schools-should-be-teaching-ip-management/ the value of great ideas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Greg Daines http://ideanomics.com/2008/07/24/why-business-schools-should-be-teaching-ip-management/#comment-83 Greg Daines Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:11:38 +0000 http://ideanomics.com/?p=47#comment-83 Good question John. There really hasn't been a major business school that I know of that has taken this on. There really are not a lot of people in business schools with an IP management background. Of course there are some terrific academics studying IP in a scholarly way, but not much working to advance the state of the art in practice. However, there are a lot of courses, conferences, seminars, and the like that are out there. But it's safe to say that this really hasn't arrived on the b-school radar screen. Interestingly, just a few months ago Harvard announced an Executive Education course on the subject. It looks interesting. Here's the link... http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/08.21/00-hbs.html Good question John. There really hasn’t been a major business school that I know of that has taken this on. There really are not a lot of people in business schools with an IP management background. Of course there are some terrific academics studying IP in a scholarly way, but not much working to advance the state of the art in practice. However, there are a lot of courses, conferences, seminars, and the like that are out there. But it’s safe to say that this really hasn’t arrived on the b-school radar screen.

Interestingly, just a few months ago Harvard announced an Executive Education course on the subject. It looks interesting. Here’s the link…
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/08.21/00-hbs.html

]]> By: John David http://ideanomics.com/2008/07/24/why-business-schools-should-be-teaching-ip-management/#comment-82 John David Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:45:06 +0000 http://ideanomics.com/?p=47#comment-82 Are there any particular business schools that are ahead of the bandwagon here, and are teaching courses in IP management and valuation? If so, which seem to be the most reputable? Thanks in advance! Are there any particular business schools that are ahead of the bandwagon here, and are teaching courses in IP management and valuation? If so, which seem to be the most reputable? Thanks in advance!

]]> By: Jackie Hutter, IP Strategist http://ideanomics.com/2008/07/24/why-business-schools-should-be-teaching-ip-management/#comment-35 Jackie Hutter, IP Strategist Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:11:10 +0000 http://ideanomics.com/?p=47#comment-35 Greg: What a great post! I agree whole-heartedly with your view that "expertise creep" is a likely result of B-schools getting on the IP management bandwagon. "IP Management" correctly has IP as the first term. Business professionals must realize that the underlying aspects of IP must be understood for it to be managed correctly. Like it or not, IP professionals will need to be involved in the designing and implementation of formal IP management courses. The trick here will be to find IP professionals who can transcend the role of "geeky IP lawyer" and speak the language of business so that otherwise arcane IP concepts can be taught to and implemented by business professionals. Greg: What a great post! I agree whole-heartedly with your view that “expertise creep” is a likely result of B-schools getting on the IP management bandwagon. “IP Management” correctly has IP as the first term. Business professionals must realize that the underlying aspects of IP must be understood for it to be managed correctly. Like it or not, IP professionals will need to be involved in the designing and implementation of formal IP management courses. The trick here will be to find IP professionals who can transcend the role of “geeky IP lawyer” and speak the language of business so that otherwise arcane IP concepts can be taught to and implemented by business professionals.

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