The role of research parks in the transfer of academicresearch findings is considered. A model is offered that describes the growthand productivity of research parks using data from the new National ScienceFoundation database on university research parks. The data covered the years 1997 and...

Universities are a key institution in the US innovation system and an important aspect of their involvement is the role they play in Private-Public Partnering activities. This study seeks to gain a better understanding of the performance of university-industry research partnerships using a...

"Research Triangle" refers to the geographic area defined by Duke University in Durham, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Within the Triangle is the Research Triangle Park, a well defined area of 6,900 acres within which there are over...

University proof of concept centers (PoCCs) are an organizational innovation intended to improve the dissemination and commercialization of new knowledge. During the past 15 years, at least 32 university-affiliated PoCCs have been established at universities within the United States. Despite...

The U.S. government has long included in its tax code various special provisions designed to stimulate industrial R&D. In 1981, those provisions were substantially augmented by a special R&D tax credit, and various proposals are now under consideration to relax the antitrust statutes in order to...

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This paper analyses the US response to Japanese and wider East Asian leadership in advanced flat panel displays, focusing in particular on the formation of the US Display Consortium. The paper discusses the circumstances in which the consortium was formed, and provides an initial evaluation of...

As greater attention is given to public support of private-sector R&D, it becomes imperative for policy makers to be able to offer an economic rationale for publicly-supported partnerships as well as a means for evaluating such relationships. This paper describes the experiences of the United...

This paper contributes to the burgeoning literature about the knowledge economy by addressing the question of which intellectual-based institutions in an economy contribute the greatest amount to economic growth. In particular, we posit a theoretical model that compares the research efficiency...