strategy – TechConnect Briefs

Key Success Factors in supporting Clean Tech start-ups: a general framework and an Italian experience

Salerno M., Lambkin A., Minola T., Politecnico di Milano, IT

The present seminal work is devoted to the generation of a framework useful to create the conditions for the incubation of Clean Tech startups, especially for research-based companies coming from the universities. In this direction [...]

Renewable Energy Strategies for non-RPS States

Hill B., Fleming S., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Oral presentation. Renewable energy can succeed in non-RPS states. Second generation renewable fuels offer a viable market beachhead for the introduction and development of renewable energy businesses in non-RPS states, particularly the Southeastern United States. [...]

Renewable Energy Strategies for non-RPS States

Hill B., Fleming S., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Oral presentation. Renewable energy can succeed in non-RPS states. Second generation renewable fuels offer a viable market beachhead for the introduction and development of renewable energy businesses in non-RPS states, particularly the Southeastern United States. [...]

International Patent Protection: Important Considerations and Trends in the Nanotechnology Industry

Manning M., Maebius S.B., Foley & Lardner LLP, US

Many nanotechnology companies have limited intellectual property budgets in the short term, but the potential for global markets for their products and services in the long term. As a result, a coherent and targeted international [...]

Building an Effective Patent Portfolio

Itchkawitz B.S., KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR LLP, US

Effective patent portfolios provide a competitive advantage to high-tech companies by (i) protecting the company’s core technologies or “crown jewels,” (ii) defining areas of exclusivity and barriers to entry to the marketplace by competitors, (iii) [...]