Ask someone to name a form of intellectual property (IP) and they will inevitably mention one of the more traditional, registrable forms of IP – patents, trademarks or design rights. Which is why, looking through the table of contents in August’s issue of Global Corporate Venturing, I could not help but pause at the following headline: “Are partners worth more than their firms?”
The article, written by academics Boris Battistini and Martin Haemmig, refers to a partner’s skillset, or “intangible quality”, a less traditional form of IP composed…