Management of the Patents, an important part of the small and medium sized businesses, in Albania

Abstract

From early writing in Mesopotamia, the Chinese abacus, the Syrian astrolabe, and countless other discoveries and innovations, it has been the imagination of the world's creators that has enabled humanity to advance to today's levels of technological progress. Patent/s management is seen as one of the most important issues in the strategic management of the business organisations. Under this general framework, it is important for us to understand the level of importance of the patent/s and their management (as expressed by the activities pertaining to the management of the patent/s), in Albanian small and medium sized businesses. Many companies in Albania see the patent/s as important asset/s, so the conduction of a research with the focus on patent/s and their management, in some companies of this country, adds value to their management strategies. The aim of this research is to investigate the level of importance of the patent/s in small and medium sized business organizations in Albania. The methodology used for the research is unfolded with its own dimensions like: specification of the research subjects, tools used for the research, sampling, implementation plan, ethical issues and presentation of the research findings. The research is based on primary and secondary data collection. The research is based on the testing of the main Hypothesis, H0, and some other Sub- Hypotheses, and the results of the analysis indicate that hypothesis H0: “Patent is not an important asset for the small and medium sized business organizations in Albania”, is invalidated. Some important conclusions are given at the end of this paper.