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How General Are General Purpose Technologies? Evidence from nano-, bio- and ICT-technologies in Finland

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Kulvik, Martti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

concept. Information and communications technologies (ICT), biotechnology and nanotechnology are viewed as existing or … a GPT. Nanotechnology shows signs of being potentially widely applicable, but for biotechnology the channels of …

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Generating commercial ideas in Finnish universities. The role of interdisciplinarity and networking

Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

Existing research argues that the keys to generating industry-relevant knowledge are interdisciplinary and networked research. The aim of this paper is to address statistically whether interdisciplinary and networked research are related to a higher potential to generate ideas with significant...

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Commercialization of academic research. A comparison between researchers in the U.S. and Finland

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

This paper aims to identify factors that relate to scientists’ propensity to make commercially significant scientific discoveries (inventions) and to describe how these inventions are commercialized. Based on a large survey of academics active in different fields of science at U.S....

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Finnish University Technology Transfer in a Whirl of Changes - a Brief Summary

Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

Finnish university technology transfer is currently caught in the turbulences of major changes in the national innovation system. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the massive on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher...

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The Research Environment in Flux Researchers Views on the Recent Changes in the Finnish Innovation System

Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi; Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010

This study examines the researchers perspective on the impact of recent major changes in the Finnish research environment. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher education system in...

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Commercialization at Finnish Universities - Researchers Perspectives on the Motives and Challenges of Turning Science into Business

Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi; Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011

For developed countries, continuous innovation has been a prerequisite for economic growth for some time. Because radical innovations often require considerable slack and freedom in researching the relevant underlying phenomena, universities are considered the primary loci for generating...

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Yliopistollinen teknologiansiirto muutosten pyörteissä. Näkemyksiä SHOK korkeakoulukeksintölain ja yliopistolain vaikutuksista tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoimintaan

Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

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Expectations, Reality and Performance in the Finnish Biotechnology Business

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi; Kulvik, Martti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

In this paper our aim is to assess the evolution of the Finnish biotechnology sector during the 2000s. Particular focus … is given to the growth expectations and realized outcomes of Finnish biotechnology companies, to the evolution of public … implications for policy makers regarding the potential evolution paths of the Finnish biotechnology business. …

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Patent citations indicating present value of the biotechnology business

Nikulainen, Tuomo; Hermans, Raine; Kulvik, Martti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

innovation. In our data covering all Finnish biotechnology patents, we found indications of only the first relation. This might …

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CanŽt block, must run: Small firms and appropriality

Byma, Justin; Leiponen, Aija - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

This empirical study examines small firms strategies towards appropriating the returns to their investments in innovation and finds that they are qualitatively different from those found in earlier studies of more generally representative samples of firms. First, few of the smallest firms appear...

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