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Models and Methods of University Technology Transfer

Link, Albert N.; Bradley, Samantha R.; Hayter, … - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2013

This paper argues that a linear model of technology transfer is no longer sufficient, or perhaps even no longer relevant, to account for the nuances and complexities of the technology transfer process that characterizes the ongoing commercialization activities of universities. Shortcomings of...

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University Entrepreneurship and Professor Privilege

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Thursby, Marie - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This paper analyzes how institutional differences affect university entrepreneurship. We focus on ownership of faculty … commercialization; entrepreneurship or licenses to established firms, as well as on probabilities of successful commercialization. We … find that the US system is less conducive to entrepreneurship than the Swedish system if established firms have some …

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Measuring Innovation Using Patent Data

Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

Firms and governments spend billions of dollars on R&D every year. To increase social welfare, the results of R&D must be commercialized so that consumers can benefit from improved products and lower prices. One measure of R&D output is patents; however, most patent databases contain no...

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Technology commercialisation and intellectual property rights in Ghana

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

By an Act of Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, CSIR Act 521 of 1996, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, Ghana’s main R&D Organisation was re-established with a new mandate to conduct market-oriented, demand-driven research and also to commercialise the research...

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Macroeconomic Conditions and Successful Commercialization

Webster, Elizabeth; Jensen, Paul H. - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2009

The commercialization of inventions is an investment, similar to spending on plant and equipment, and accordingly we would expect it to be affected by macroeconomic conditions. Using data on the commercialization activity from over 4000 inventors, we find evidence that macroeconomic conditions...

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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 - 2011

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Tutkimustiedon hyödyntäminen kestävän hyvinvoinnin lähteenä: Tuloksia yliopistomaailman valmiuksista edistää löydöksien käyttöönottoa

Kotiranta, Annu; Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - 2018

In Finland, universities have the explicit mandate to support the transformation of high-quality knowledge into profitable business, as well as to promote the creation of new businesses and workplaces within the boundaries of their so-called third mission. This report looks at how Finnish...

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