Operations management

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Operations management - introduction
2. Operations Management (OM) - Introduction
3. 5.1 Production methods notes
4. 5.1 Production methods - questions
5. 5.2 Costs and revenues - notes
6. 5.2 Costs and revenues - questions
7. 5.3 Break-even analysis - notes
8. 5.3 Break-even analysis - questions
9. 5.3 Break-even analysis - simulations and activities
10. 5.4 Quality assurance - notes
11. 5.4 Quality assurance - questions and activities
12. 5.5 Location - notes
13. Innovation - notes (HL only)
    1. Innovation
    2. Case study - Xerox
    3. Research and development (R&D)
    4. Pharmaceutical companies - a new contract
    5. Innovation and R&D
    6. Europe moving in R&D slow lane
    7. Canadian apparel companies dress for success
    8. R&D - costs and benefits
    9. Patents, copyrights and trademarks
    10. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
    11. Digital Rights
    12. China: The Intellectual-Property Battleground
    13. Factors affecting Innovation
    14. Case study - 3M corporation
14. 5.6 Innovation - questions
15. 5.7 Production planning - notes
16. 5.7 Production planning - questions
17. 5.8 Project management - notes (HL only)
18. 5.8 Project management - questions (HL only)
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Patents, copyrights and trademarks

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• Copyrights and trademarks

Intellectual property (IP) rights have commercial value because they can:

1. distinguish a business from its competitors
2. be sold or licensed, providing an important revenue stream
3. offer customers something new and different
4. form an essential part of the marketing or branding process
5. be used as security for loans or other investments

There are a number of organisations which protect such rights in different countries and trading blocs:

• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)
• African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
• UK Intellectual Property Office
• World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)

What is WIPO?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an agency of the United Nations. dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.