The economic analysis of intellectual property rights (IPRs), under different perspectives. This research line is dedicated to the economic analysis of intellectual property rights (IPRs), under different perspectives. IPRs represent fundamental assets for technology transfer and their effective management requires specific advanced skills, also in the context of academic patenting. An appropriate use of IPRs can favor the set up of collaboration between large companies and start-ups.
The research activities focus on:
- the analysis of IP management practices in small and large firms and the development of advanced methodologies for technology intelligence based on patent data-mining;
- the study of the barriers to the development of efficient markets for the trading of IPRs between firms and between public research institutions and companies.