Small Business and Intellectual Asset Governance: An Integrated Analytical Framework

Abstract

Having identified that there exists, as yet, no Maturity
Model for Intellectual Asset (IA) Governance in Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the authors have attempted to
develop theoretically one such Model and present it in this paper.
Twelve dimensions of IA governance and enterprise
infrastructure for IA governance were identified. The model also
distinguishes among five archetypes according to their level of
sophistication. Initial testing of the model with small and
medium enterprises indicates that it provides insights into how
enterprises approach intellectual governance and could be of use
to businesses and policymakers alike.