Includes bibliographical references and index.

Short stories -- The intellectual property economy -- Information assets -- Using information assets to create value : creativity, invention, and innovation -- Attaching intellectual property to information assets -- Strategic implications for business -- Strategic considerations in innovation -- Linking innovation, business, and intellectual property -- Elements of intellectual property strategies from successful companies -- The value extraction points-understanding the business model and the value chain -- Extracting value from intellectual property -- Developing a value creation intellectual property strategy -- Implementing the value creation strategy -- Acquiring information assets -- Protecting information assets -- Extracting value from information assets -- Managing the program.