Article: Innovation Management ? Ibm Opens Lid On Its Treasure Chest

Innovation Management ? Ibm Opens Lid On Its Treasure Chest

IBM, which registered 3248 patents last year, has decided that sharing technology can sometimes be more profitable than jealously guarding its property rights on patents, copyrights and trade secrets (Herald Tribune, April 11 2005).



International Business Machines have come to the above conclusion 205 years after the invention of electric light ? thus clearly illustrating that even the 19th largest company in the world (fortune.com) with a market capitalization on $141 billion (nasdaq.com) is still only learning about creativity and innovation.



Of course the issue of control is important but a quick history lesson indicates that the above should not have taken so long!



The first electric light was made in England by Davy, in 1860 Swan attempted...
 

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Innovation Management ? Ibm Opens Lid On Its Treasure Chest

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