The book “Evolving Properties of Intellectual Capitalism: Patents and Innovations for Growth and Welfare” by Ove Granstrand will be made available free online in the coming weeks, both here and on ResearchGate.
Chapters 1 and 3 have already been published and can be found on ResearchGate and below:
Marcus Holgersson has been assigned by the Swedish Government to the Advisory Council of the Swedish Intellectual Property Office. The council should exercise transparency and give advice to the Director General.
Ove Granstrand is currently attending the 28th Coalition Theory Network (CTN) Conference in Paris on the 22-23 of May.
CTN is an association for the advancement and diffusion of research in the areas of network theory, coalition formation, game theory and related areas for thirty years. The annual workshops have brought together international groups of scholars to discuss and present recent developments.
For more information on the conference and CTN, see:
https://ctn2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en
Ove Granstrand is currently a visiting researcher in Grez-sur-Loing.
A picture of Grez-sur-Loing by Pierre Poschadel – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34697979
The first book chapter, entitled “Development of the Osseointegration Ecosystem and Nobel Biocare”, is authored by Ove Granstrand. The book chapter is to be included in the forthcoming book celebrating the 60 year anniversary of the use of osseointegrated dental implants, edited by Tomas Albrektsson and Bruno Chrcanovic.
The chapter focuses on the development of osseointegration and Nobel Biocare from an economic and managerial perspective. Based on interviews, open documents and patents it shares the story of an emerging innovation ecosystem centered around one core technology.
The second book chapter, entitled “IP Management in and of Innovation Ecosystem”, is authored by Ove Granstrand and Maximilian Forsell. The book chapter is to be included in the forthcoming “Handbook on Business Ecosystems and Management of Business Ecosystems”, edited by Peter Williamson and Arnoud de Meyer.
The chapter focuses on the roles of IPRs, patents in particular, and IP management in shaping and governing innovation ecosystems. Four empirical cases in telecommunications, video cassette recorders, dental implants and Covid-19 vaccine development are presented and compared.