We are actively involved in leading scientific research in the field of strategic patent analysis, patent valuation and patent management.

Selected scientific publications (reverse chronological order):

Ernst, H., Omland, N. (forthcoming), The Patent Asset Index - A New Approach to Benchmark Patent Portfolios.

Ernst, H., Conley, J.G., Omland, N. (2008), Antecedents of Patent Management Proficiency and its Impact on Firm Performance, Working Paper, Vallendar/Evanston.

Ernst, H., Conley, J.G., Omland, N. (2008), Patent Strategies and their Impact on Value Creation: A Contingency Approach, Working Paper, Vallendar/Evanston.

Fabry, B., Ernst, H., Langholz, J., Kösters, M. (2006), Patent Portfolio Analysis as a Useful Tool for Identifying R&D and Business Opportunities – An Empirical Application in the Nutrition and Health Industry, in: World Patent Information, Vol. 28, pp. 215-225.

Lichtenthaler, U., Ernst, H. (2006), Attitudes to Externally Organising Knowledge Management Tasks: A Review, Reconsideration and Extension of the NIH Syndrome, in: R&D Management, Vol. 36 (4), pp. 367-386.

Ernst, H., Fabry, B., Soll J.H. (2004), Enhancing market-oriented R&D planning by integrated market and patent portfolios – An empirical application in the chemical industry, in: Journal of Business Chemistry, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, pp. 2-13.

Ernst, H., Omland, N. (2004), Vitalization of Industry through the Regional Promotion of Knowledge Intensive New Firms: The Case of German Biotechnology, in: Journal of Innovation Management, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 61-75 (in Japanese).

Ernst, H. (2003), Patent Information for Strategic Technology Management, in: World Patent Information, Vol. 25, Issue 3 , pp. 233-242.

Ernst, H., Omland, N. (2003), Patentmanagement junger Technologieunternehmen, in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Ergänzungsheft 2/2003, S. 95-113.

Ernst, H., Soll, J.H. (2003), An Integrated Portfolio Approach to Support Market-Oriented R&D Planning, in: International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 26, Nos. 5/6, pp. 540-560.

Ernst, H. (2002), Success Factors of New Product Development: A Review of the Empirical Literature, in: International Journal of Management Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-40.

Ernst, H. (2001), Patent Applications and Subsequent Changes of Performance: Evidence from Time-Series Cross-Section Analyses on the Firm Level, in: Research Policy, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 143-157.

Ernst, H., Leptien, C., Vitt, J. (2000), Inventors are not alike: The Distribution of Patenting Output among Industrial R&D Personnel, in: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 184-199.

Ernst, H., Vitt, J. (2000), The Influence of Corporate Acquisitions on the Behaviour of Key Inventors, in: R&D Management, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 105-119.

Ernst, H., Teichert, T. (1999), Assessment of R&D Collaborations by Patent Data in the International Automotive Industry, in: Kocaoglu, D.F. und Anderson, T.R. (eds.), Technology and Innovation Management, PICMET’99 Proceedings, Portland, OR, pp. 78-86.

Brockhoff, K., Ernst, H., Hundhausen, E. (1999), Gains and Pains from Licensing - Patent-Portfolios as Strategic Weapons in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Industry, in: Technovation, Vol. 19, No. 10,  pp. 605-614.

Ernst, H. (1998), Industrial Research as a Source of Important Patents, in: Research Policy,  Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1-15. ("Best Paper Award 1999" im Fachgebiet Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement des Verbandes der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.)

Ernst, H. (1997), The Use of Patent Data for Technological Forecasting: The Diffusion of CNC-Technology in the Machine Tool Industry, in: Small Business Economics, Vol. 9, No. 4,  pp. 361-381.

Ernst, H. (1996), Patentinformationen für die strategische Planung von Forschung und Entwicklung, Dissertation, DUV-Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Ernst, H. (1995), Patenting Strategies in the German Mechanical Engineering Industry and their Relationship to Company Performance, in: Technovation, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 225-240.