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21	Managing Intellectual Property and Licensing: A Study on Cooperative Research Centres Sheen, Peter Bernard January 2005 (has links) This thesis examines the perceived importance by two-tiered management of Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) for managing a range of intellectual property issues. Fifty survey items are presented to the executive directors and commercialization managers of 62 CRCs. The survey items are categorized under four themes: relationships with collaborators, project management; design and implementation of agreements; and specific licensing issues. An analysis of the data, using a series of independent samples t-tests, repeated measures t-tests, chi-square tests for independence or relatedness and goodness of fit, shows a range of results. There are significant differences between executive directors and commercialization managers on a number of issues. There are particular emphases or trends about certain issues for the whole sample of managers. These findings are compared with text analyses of 23 CRC strategic planning documents. This is done in order to explore any similarity, difference or nuance between what the managers say in response to the survey items, compared with what is stated in the codified policies of the CRCs. While there is a high degree of consistency among certain themes between the two sets of findings, the overall analysis points to the need for the CRCs to have a better understanding and practice of commercialization opportunities, especially through the involvement of third party commercial interests. It is argued that accommodating third party commercialization interests involves the application of an important knowledge economy principle that has an important bearing on the future economic viability and competitiveness of the CRCs. Chief executive officer Chi-square test for goodness of fit Collaboration Commercializable intellectual assets Commercialization Commercialization manager Competitive advantage Cooperation Cooperative Research Centres Executive directors Human capital Independent samples t-test Intangible assets Internet Innovation Intellectual property Issues Know-how Knowledge economy Knowledge management Licensing Managers Managerial know-how Mann-Whitney test Patenting Project Management Relationships Repeated measures t-test Research and development Supporting intellectual assets Text analysis Third party licensing

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Managing Intellectual Property and Licensing: A Study on Cooperative Research Centres