In recent years, there have been numerous studies of the effectiveness of university technology transfer. Such technology transfer mechanisms include licensing agreements between the university and private firms, science parks, incubators, and university-based startups. We review and synthesize...

We present quantitative and qualitative evidence (field research) on university technology transfer offices (TTOs). These offices negotiate licensing agreements with firms to commercialize university-based technologies. A stochastic frontier production function framework is used to assess the...

Formal university technology transfer mechanisms, through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and university-based startups, have attracted considerable attention in the academic literature. Surprisingly, there has been little systematic empirical analysis of the propensity of...

Formal university technology transfer mechanisms, through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and university-based startups, have attracted considerable attention in the academic literature. Surprisingly, there has been little systematic empirical analysis of the propensity of...

The recent increase in the rate of commercialization of intellectual property at US and European universities has important performance and policy implications. We review recent studies of the antecedents and consequences of these activities and then draw some lessons learned for policy-makers....

American universities were criticized in the 1970s for not getting new technologies into the private sector more quickly. Through legislation over the years, this process has been expedited by removing legal barriers. This study is an analysis of the university-industry transfer (UITT) process...

Key organizational issues in promoting successfulknowledge transfers are investigated using an inductive, qualitative approach.Data were obtained from 55 structured interviews of 98 university/industrytechnology transfer (UITT) stakeholders associated with five U.S. researchuniversities. It was...