After developing a great product or process, it’s important to protect it. Markus Reitzig and Stefan Wagner have done extensive research on the benefits of using internal patent lawyers versus outsourcing the task. Here’s the inside story.
The legal profession seemed to have its organizational models set in adamantine stone. Then came Keystone Law. Organized virtually, entrepreneurial and fast growing, Keystone is changing received wisdom on how the legal profession is run.
Can new technology provided by a company to boost productivity cause workers to become addicted? If yes, who’s responsible: workers or management? Nada Kakabadse, Gayle Porter and David Vance see an uncharted legal frontier emerging.
Is your business benefiting from – or being restrained by – a levee?
Product piracy is a prevalent, if commercially worrying, practice. Yet, after extensive research, Julio O. De Castro, David B. Balkin and Dean A. Shepherd believe that those who pirate your products can sometimes actually be helpful to your sales.
"The limited liability corporation has stoked debate and controversy as surely as it has generated wealth. Norman Barry investigates the twenty first century corporation and its antecedents."
"Regulation requiring companies to report on intangible assets is coming soon to the UK and other countries. Yet, argues Kim Warren, unless investors understand how such ‘soft’ factors actually work through the business system to drive performance".
"London Business School empowers individuals and organisations to perform at their best."
