Forthcoming

Ernst, H., Conley, J.G., Omland, N., How to Create Commercial Value from Patents - The Role of Patent Management, Research Policy (forthcoming).

2011

Ernst, H., Omland, N. (2011), The Patent Asset Index - A New Approach to Benchmark Patent Portfolios. World Patent Information 33, pp. 34–41.

Omland, N. et al. (2011), Valuing patents through indicators, in: The Economic Valuation of Patents - Methods and Applications, pp. 169-201.

2009

Omland, N. et al. (2009), Patent teaching kit. The patent teaching kit is available free of charge as an electronic download or hard copy from the European Patent Office.

2008

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.

2006

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.

2004

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).

2003

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.

2002

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.

2001

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.

2000

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.

1999

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.

1998

Ernst, H. (1998), Patent Portfolios for Strategic R&D Planning, in: Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 279-308.

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.)

1997

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.

1996

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

1995

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.