This paper is an initial exploration of the determinants of open source license choice. It first enumerates the various … presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of license choice using the Source Forge database, a compilation of nearly …

system, licensing has a positive effect on research output except when the incentives to license are very high …

In this paper, we develop a theoretical model of university licensing to explain why university license contracts often … the license back from a shelving firm. This supports the rationale for Bayh-Dole march-in rights but also shows the need …

research, is complicated by the fact that she earns license income and prestige both inside and outside the university. Thus in …

terms of license. Profit neutrality' holds that patent rewards should not depend on the rightholder's ability to work the …

. Using data from a survey of firms that actively license-in from universities we explore the importance of faculty in the … characteristics of firms. In particular we find that the use of faculty through sponsored research in lieu of a license is closely … related to the amount of basic research conducted by firms whereas the use of faculty within the terms of a license is related …

predictions for whether or not faculty disclose inventions and if so, at what stage, which in turn affects license contract terms … to be inversely related to the share of license income allotted to faculty …

to academic scientists generate more inventions and higher license income, controlling for other factors including … increases the license income retained by the university. The incentive effect appears to work both through the level of effort …