Early-stage Technologies: Risk Management, Valuation and Pricing - Rilegato

Razgaitis, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0471328561 ISBN 13: 9780471328568

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Riassunto

Companies dependent on intellectual property are forced to decide which products they will develop years before the products would ever go to the market. This often occurs where there is no pre-existing history and no way for them to determine if the technology fits in with their other core product strengths. a guide to technology risk management, valuation, and pricing, and helped to identify key early-stage technologies and determine the value to their company. Offering backgrounds in the core concepts, sources of value, methods of valuation, equity realisations, and negotiation strategies, this text provides the six key methods of valuing technology: use of industry standards, ratings/ranking methods, rules of thumb, discounted cash flow, the Monte Carlo method, and auctions. Written by an expert with diverse experience in developing, valuing and licensing intellectual property, it draws on the expertise of those on the front lines of technology licensing, and gives case studies and techniques based on the author's real-world experience.

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RICHARD RAZGAITIS is a consultant in licensing and technology commercialization. He is currently affiliated with IPC Group LLC, a company specializing in valuation and strategic management of intellectual property. For more than ten years he was Vice President of Technology Commercialization for Battelle and Bellcore, and involved in numerous license negotiations covering a broad range of technologies, from Advanced Materials and Processes to Software to Telecommunications and Networks. He has negotiated technology licenses with Fortune 50 companies as well as with 50-person companies, including spin-offs and start-ups. He has negotiated licenses in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia.

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How is it possible to develop a licensing or purchase value for early-stage technology rights when there are no present customers, no historical data, no cash-flow data, and no demonstration of whether the technology in question will produce the next iMac or the next Edsel? What methods and criteria can potential buyers and sellers use to determine the value and appropriate price of products that are ahead of their time? Early-Stage Technologies is a comprehensive guide to technology risk assessment, valuation, and pricing. It describes in great detail the core concepts, sources of value, methods of valuation, issues involving equity realizations, and overall negotiation strategies to facilitate the licensing or sale of early-stage technologies; and it helps the developers of R&D to value their technologies based on their own needs and arrive at a price that is acceptable to both themselves and the potential buyer/licensee. Drawing on his own diverse experience in developing, valuing, and licensing intellectual property, author Richard Razgaitis presents a realworld grounded approach to six key methods of valuing technology: use of industry standards, ratings/rankings method, rules of thumb, discounted cash flow, Monte Carlo and other advanced methods, and auctions. He describes the possible components involved in a licensing transaction: rights and other sources of value conveyed by the seller and money and other sources of value conveyed by the buyer, as well as a treatment of risks inherent in future projections. Finally, he explores how the value of licensing agreements can be structured and the principles upon which these structures can be negotiated. For licensing executives, corporate R&D departments, intellectual property consultants, university and government laboratories, attorneys, accountants, and business appraisers and executives, Early-Stage Technologies is a valuable resource that helps minimize uncertainties, characterize risks, and develop rational pricing models so that promising technologies are given every chance to realize their full potential.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471328561
• ISBN 13: 9780471328568
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile