Contents: Foreword by Irwin Feller -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An historical context for technology transfer activity in the United States -- 3. U.S. technology transfer policies toward federal laboratories and agencies -- 4. The economics of technology transfer -- 5. On the effectiveness of U.S....

As state support and federal research funding dwindle, universities are increasingly viewing their intellectual property portfolios as lucrative sources of potential revenue. Nearly all research universities now have a technology transfer office to manage their intellectual property, but many...

Written by a plethora of expert contributors from a range of institutions, the Handbook of Technology Transfer provides an engaging deep-dive review of technology transfer as a complex and dynamic process, applying different mechanisms characterising activities in a variety of countries. The...