> Objectives
The Summer School on the Economics and Management of Intellectual Property Rights intends to promote research in the field of intellectual property systems and intangible assets, by encouraging the work of Ph.D students and post-doc researchers regarding strategic, economic and financial aspects of IPRs. The Summer School is organized by the Department of Management of the University of Bologna.

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> Programme
The Summer School will combine lectures and seminars by internationally renowned scholars with presentations of working papers by Ph.D candidates and young scholars on issues related to the economic and strategic management of IPRs. Students will have the opportunity to present their research work in the form of working papers or research proposals, which will then be discussed by senior scholars. The official language of the school will be English.

Seminars will address the following topics:

- The evolution of IPR regimes	- Stock market valuation of intangibles
- Economic analysis of patent systems	- Markets for technology and licensing
- Appropriability regimes and open innovation	- Academic patenting
- IP strategy and organization	- The use of patent information and databases
- IP value: determinants and measurement	- Methodological issues in IPR research

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- Download the paper session of the Summer School

> Lecturers
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- Vincenzo Denicolò (University of Bologna) - Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi University) - Marco Giarratana (Carlos III University Madrid) - Paola Giuri (University of Bologna) - Bronwyn Hall (University of California at Berkeley) - Keld Laursen (Copenhagen Business School) - Davide Lingua (European Patent Office) 1 - 2

- Myriam Mariani (Bocconi University) - Markus Reitzig (London Business School) - Maurizio Sobrero (University of Bologna) - Grid Thoma (University of Camerino and CESPRI) - Bruno Van Pottelsberghe (Solvay Business School)

> Scientific Commitee
Federico Munari (University of Bologna, Department of Management)
Raffaele Oriani (LUISS Guido Carli, Department of Economics and Business)
Maurizio Sobrero (University of Bologna, Department of Management)
Salvatore Torrisi (University of Bologna, Department of Management)

> Venue
The Summer School will take place in Bologna at Alma Graduate School (http://www.almaweb.unibo.it/) from 9 June–13 June 2008. Accomodation for participants will be provided at the Residenza degli Studi Superiori of the University of Bologna(http://www.residenza.unibo.it/strutture/index.php?l=en).

> Sponsorship
The Summer School will be organized within the EVPAT (“The Economic Valuation of Patents”) research project, financed by the European Investment Bank, under the EIBURS measure. The EVPAT project, based in the Department of Management of the University of Bologna, has the overall goal to review, improve and validate analytic models for the economic valuation of patents. Thanks to EIB funding, there will be reduced participation fees, to cover accommodation expenses for participants.

> Admission requirements
The School will admit 25 participants. It will be geared toward to Ph.D students or post-doc researchers from all over the world, studying topics related to economics and management of innovation and intellectual property. Candidates already active in research or professional activities related to the protection, strategic management and valuation of IPRs could also be admitted to the School.
Applications should include:
- the applicant’s CV, including an outline of her/his research interests and the current status/affiliation.
- abstract (max. 2 pages) of the paper or the research proposal to be presented. Papers should address topics in the fields of economics and management of innovation and IPRs.

Applications should be completed electronically, by submitting a pdf version of the CV and an abstract to this page.

Deadline for submission of applications: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Notification of acceptance at the Summer School: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Deadline for submission of the working paper or research proposal: Friday 30th May 2008

> Tuition fees
350 Euro, for accommodation expenses at the Residenza degli Studi Superiori. Fellowships to cover tuition fees are available for a limited number of participants.

For further information on the Summer School
please contact Prof. Federico Munari (federico.munari@unibo.it)

> Other Files
- Download the list of the participants of the Summer School
- Watch the pictures