Library
Current Partnering's bibliography of books and journal articles providing best practice in dealmaking.
Books
The following is a list of books on partnering best practice. A list of journal articles is also available.
The book library is divided into the following categories:
- Research and Technology Development
- Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management
- Business Development, Licensing and Commercialization
- Valuation
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research and Technology Development
Averch, Harvey A. A Strategic Analysis of Science & Technology Policy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
Bennis, Warren and Patricia W. Biederman. Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1997.
Bok, Derek. Universities in the Marketplace. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2003.
Day, George S.; Gunther, Robert E. and Paul J.H. Shoemaker. Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Gray, Julian. Alladex Drug Development Guidebook. 2007.
Kahn, Kenneth B. New Product Planning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001.
Malinowski, Michael J. Biotechnology: Law, Business, and Regulation. Gaithersburg: Aspen Law and Business, 1999.
Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: Free Press, 1998.
Porter, Michael E. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors. New York, NY: Free Press, 1998.
Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1st ed., 1990.
Stewart, Thomas A. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1st ed., 1997.
Whitmore, Elaine. Product Development Planning for Health Care Products Regulated by the FDA. Milwaukee, WI: ASQC Quality Press, 1997.
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management
(AUTM) Technology Transfer Practice Manual. Northbrook, IL: Association of University Technology Managers 2nd ed., 2003.
Integrated Intellectual Asset Managment: A Guide to exploiting and protecting your organization's intellectual assets. Steve Manton, Gower, 2005.
Brunsvold, Brian G. and Dennis P. O’Reilley. Drafting Patent License Agreements. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, 5th ed., 2004.
Bryer, Lanning G. and Melvin Simensky. Intellectual Property Assets in Mergers & Acquisitions. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Davis, Julie L. and Suzanne S. Harrison. Edison in the Boardroom: How Leading Companies Realize Value From Their Intellectual Assets. New York, NY: Wiley, 2001.
Ramsay, John. “Dreadful Drafting Do’s and Don’ts of Warranty Clauses.” Les Nouvelles: Journal of the Licensing Executives Society. Vol. 38, No. 2, June 2003.
Edvinsson, Leif, and Michael S. Malone. Intellectual Capital: Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower. HarperBusiness, 1997.
Glazier, Stephen C. Patent Strategies for Business. LBI Law & Business Inst, 3rd ed., 1997.
Goldscheider, Robert. Licensing Law Handbook: The New Companion to Licensing Negotiations. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2003.
Heen, Sheila; Patton, Bruce; and Douglas Stone. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. New York, NY: Viking, 1999.
Holmes, Mark. Patent Licensing: Strategy, Negotiation & Forms. Practising Law Institute (PLI) www.pli.edu..
Lerner, Paul J. and Alexander I. Poltorak. Essentials of Intellectual Property. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Lev, Baruch. Intangibles: Management, Measurement, and Reporting. The Brookings Institution, 2001.
Mard, Michael J.; Hichner, James R.; Hydenand, Steven D. and Mark L. Zyla. Valuation for Financial Reporting: Intangibles Assets, Goodwill, and Impairment Analysis. SFAS 141 & 142, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Matsuura, Jeffery H. Managing Intellectual Assets in the Digital Age. Artech House, 2003.
Pike, Christopher G. Virtual Monopoly: Building an Intellectual Property Strategy for Creative Advantage--From Patents to Trademarks, From Copyrights to Design Rights. Nicholas Brealey, 2001.
Pratt, Shannon P. Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Pratt, Shannon P.; Reilly, Robert F. and Robert P. Schweihs. Valuing a Business. McGraw-Hill Trade, 4th ed., 2000.
Ramsay, John. Ramsay on Technology Transfer and Licensing. Canada: Butterworths, 2nd ed. Ltd., 2002.
Rivette, Kevin G, and David Kline. Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
Roos, Johan; Goran Roos; Dragonetti, Nicola C.; and Leif Edvinsson. Intellectual Capital: Navigating in the New Business Landscape. New York University Press, 1998.
Stewart, Thomas A. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations. Bantam Books, 1998.
Sveiby, Karl Eric. The New Organizational Wealth: Managing & Measuring Knowledge Based Assets. Berrett-Koehler Pub, 1997.
Teece, David J. Managing Intellectual Capital: Organizational, Strategic, and Policy Dimensions. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots, & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York, NY: Gotham Books, 2004.
Business Development, Licensing and Commercialization
AUTM Technology Transfer Practice Manual Second Edition. AUTM, 2005.
The LESI Guide to Licenisng Best Practices: Strategic sssues and contemporary realities. Wiley, 2005.
Licensing Best Practices: strategic, territorial and technology issues. Wiley, 2006.
Berman, Bruce M. From Ideas to Assets: Investing Wisely in Intellectual Property. John Wiley, 2002.
Block, Zenas and Ian C. MacMillan. Corporate Venturing: Creating New Businesses Within the Firm. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School, 1995.
Boer, F. Peter. Valuation of Technology: Business and Financial Issues in R&D. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Fisher, Roger and William Ury. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2nd ed., 1991.
Goldscheider, Robert. The LESI Guide to Licensing Best Practices: Strategic Issues and Contemporary Realities. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Gompers, Paul A. and Josh Lerner. The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.
Gompers, Paul A. and Josh Lerner. The Venture Capital Cycle. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fourth Printing, 2000.
Hisrich, Robert D. and Michael P. Peters. Marketing a New Product: Its Planning, Development, and Control. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin Cummings, 1978.
Kotler, Philip. Kotler on Marketing: How to Create, Win, and Dominate Markets. New York, NY: Free Press, 1999.
Landau, Ralph; Mowery, David C.; and Nathan Rosenberg. Technology and the Wealth of Nations. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1993
Matkin, Gary W. Technology Transfer And The University. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing, 1990.
Megantz, Robert C. Technology Management: Developing and Implementing Successful Licensing Programs. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Mowery, David C.; Nelson, Richard R.; Sampat, Bhaven N. and Arvids A. Ziedonis. Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2004.
Parr, Russell L. and Patrick H. Sullivan. Technology Licensing: Corporate Strategies For Maximizing Value. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Parr, Russell L. Royalty Rates for Licensing Intellectual Property. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Razgaitis, Richard. Early-Stage Technologies: Valuation and Pricing. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Razgaitis, Richard. Valuation and Pricing of Technology – Based Intellectual Property. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Reily, Robert F. and Rober P. Schweihs. Valuing Intangible Assets. McGraw-Hill Trade, 1998
Slywotzky, Adrian and Richard Wise. How to When Markets Don’t. New York, NY: Warner Books, 2003.
Smith, Gordon V., and Russell L. Parr. Intellectual Property: Licensing and Joint Venture Profit Strategies. John Wiley & Sons, 3rd ed., 2000.
Smith, Gordon V., and Russell L. Parr. Valuation of Intellectual Property and Intellectual Assets. John Wiley & Sons,2rd ed., 1994.
Valuation
Valuation in Life Sciences - A Practical Guide Bogdan, Boris, Villiger, Ralph. Springer. 2007.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Christensen, Clayton M. Harvard Business Review on Innovation. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School, 2001.
Christensen, Clayton M.; Roth, Erik A. and Anthony D. Scott. Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School, 2004.
Drucker, Peter. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1985.
Feldman, Maryann P. Geography of Innovation. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1994.
Foster, Richard. Innovation: The Attacker’s Advantage. New York, NY: McKinsey & Company, Summit Books, 1986.
Hodgetts, Richard M. and Donald F. Kuratko. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, & Practice. Australia: 2004.
Jonash, Ronald S. and Tom Sommerlatte. The Innovation Premium. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.
Kawasaki, Guy. The Art of the Start: The Time-tested Battle-hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything. New York, NY: Portfolio, 2004.
Kanter, Rosabeth M.; Kao, John; and Fred Wiersema. Innovation. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997.
Leusson, H. Starting a business in the Life Sciences. Cantor, 2003.
Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Hirotaka Takeuchi. The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. Oxford. University Press, 1995.
Rogerts, Everett M. Diffusion of Innovations. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 5th ed., 2003.
Scott, Shane A. Finding Fertile Ground: Identifying Extraordinary Opportunities for New Ventures. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton Schol Publishing, 2005.
Spinelli, Stephen and Jeffry A. Timmons. New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 6th ed., 2004.
Utterback, James M. Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation. Boston, MA.: Harvard Business School, 1996.
Von Hippel, Eric. The Sources of Innovation. New York, NY: Oxford University, 1988.
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