related to the scientists' motives, expectations and perceptions about the importance and necessity of such activities. There … relatively under-researched theme. Our findings suggest that scientists are rarely engage in patenting activities for economic … actors found to be important factors for scientists' entrepreneurial activities. Serial inventors act as role models to other …

This study investigates predictors of scientists’ intentions to commercialize their research through business founding …. Analyzing a cross-sectional sample of 496 German scientists, we develop and test an intentions-based model of academic … scientists’ sense of identification with these peers. A mediation analysis further indicates that gender-related differences in …

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or … working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck … Society, a research institution devoted to basic science. We find that the scientists' evaluations of the attractiveness of …

observed in academia by examining the commercialization behavior of academic scientists. The empirical analysis is based on … modeling longer time lags. Thus, academic scientists mimic successful behavior, while leadership behavior does not have long …

What makes scientists patent and disclose inventions to employers? Using a new dataset on Max Planck scientists, we … benefits. Scientists value reputation as important use patenting and disclosures as a signal to gain it. We find that it is not …

generation and diffusion. Countries and their research organizations and individual scientists need to be embedded in this …