Coleção Insper Business and Economics Working Papers

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Autor: search.filters.author.Barros, Henrique MachadoIdioma: search.filters.langiso.Inglês

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    Management of Intellectual Property in Brazilian Universities: a Multiple Case Study
    (2013) Pojo, Sabrina Da Rosa; Vidal, Valéria Schneider; Zen, Aurora Carneiro; Barros, Henrique Machado
    Originally established to incentivize individual inventors the patent system became broadly used by corporations, and has been increasingly used by universities worldwide. In Brazil, this is not different; especially in recent years when public policy has attempted to more directly foster innovation in the country. However, little is known as to the extent that universities in Brazil are able to coordinate patent-related activities and to facilitate knowledge transfer. On the basis of multiple case studies this paper explores how publicly-funded universities in Brazil are equipping themselves to deal with intellectual property rights (IPR) as well as technology licensing. The studied cases suggest that despite significant amount of patents applications, Brazilian universities present many differences in the management of their intellectual property. In particular, universities’ TTOs seem to play a central role in university productivity when it comes to patenting and knowledge transfer.
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    The Effects of Innovation Partnership, Foreign Ownership and Enhanced Management Practices on the Use of Patents in Brazilian Manufacturing
    (2011) Barros, Henrique Machado
    The bulk of evidence regarding firms‘ patent behaviour derives from institutional environments where a relatively strong protection can be obtained even if patents per se are imperfect protection mechanisms. Our knowledge as to the determinants of firms‘ propensities to patent in weak appropriability regimes is still unclear. Thus, this paper explores the effects of firms‘ innovation partnerships, ownership, and adoption of new management practices on the likelihood of using patents in Brazilian manufacturing. Our analysis derives from responses of firms to questions in the Brazilian Industrial Survey of Technological Innovation (Pintec) and is based upon logit model estimates indicating the likelihood that firms‘ various attributes make them more inclined to pursue patents. The findings indicate that firms that have adopted more sophisticated management practices are those less likely to use patents, and this runs against documented evidence from more developed settings where patents have become a prominent managerial device. In addition, the results reveal that domestic and foreign firms in Brazilian manufacturing have no dissimilarity as to their inclination to use patents. Finally, and counter-intuitively, despite the weakness of the Brazilian appropriability regime firms engaged in innovation-oriented collaborations rest on patenting to avoid unintended knowledge spillovers.
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    Appropriability and the Patenting Process: An Exploratory Analysis of Pharmaceuticals
    (2008) Barros, Henrique Machado
    The literature reports that patents are commonly seen as isolating mechanisms. Nevertheless, our knowledge as to how firms manage both patents and the patenting process to capture the benefits realised from innovative effort is still scant. In this paper we explore how firms use the patenting process to enhance appropriability conditions. Based upon case studies of six various sized UK pharmaceutical firms our findings suggest that it is mainly by managing a whole portfolio of patents that firms will generate the full benefits of patents and limit the operations of (potential) competitors. The portfolio approach is one alternative to broaden the scope of protection. Along the same lines our sample firms also revealed their interest in broader territorial coverage. Although the protection achieved is largely determined by the legal framework, firms revealed that the timing of application is pivotal in determining the scope of the final patent grant and other related follow-up patents.
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    Meritocracy and Innovation: Is There a Link? Empirical Evidence from Firms in Brazil
    (2009) Barros, Henrique Machado; SERGIO GIOVANETTI LAZZARINI
    We investigate whether meritocracy affects firms’ innovation performance. More specifically, we empirically evaluate the prediction that the use of higher performance-based pay and promotion should lead to a higher percentage of firm revenues coming from innovations in products and services. To test this prediction, we employ a survey of 370 Brazilian firms in a broad range of industries. Our two-stage regressions, devised to account for potential endogeneity, indicate that while the use of performance-based promotion strongly affects innovation, the effect of contingent pay is marginal. Apparently, the long-term feature of promotion-based meritocracy is more effective to tap into individuals’ creativity than is short-term pay. Our study sheds light on the debate about how organizational practices can affect the innovative potential of firms.
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    The interaction between patents and other appropriability mechanisms: firm-level evidence from UK manufacturing
    (2008) Barros, Henrique Machado
    This paper investigates firms’ propensities to patent in manufacturing. Using a unique data set from the UK Community Innovation Survey (CIS) this paper detects the determinants of the importance of patents as a protective device. In addition, this paper explores how patents interact with other appropriability mechanisms. We find that i) the importance of patents varies across industrial sectors and by firm size, ii) a perceived high importance of patents is associated with a higher innovative capacity, iii) competition is to a certain extent conducive to a greater importance for patents, iv) innovation collaborations and government support may increase the importance of patents depending on the agents engaged in these activities, and v) patents seem to work as complements rather than substitutes for other appropriability mechanisms.