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The Patenting Behavior of Academic Founders

Walter, Sascha G.; Schmidt, Arne; Walter, Achim - 2010

This study explores why academic entrepreneurs patent their inventions before and after creating a firm. Drawing on start-up data combined with patent data, we specifically examine the impact of five, relatively under-researched factors (scientific field, pace of technological development,...

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Universities as local knowledge hubs under different technology regimes - New evidence from academic patenting

Dornbusch, Friedrich; Brenner, Thomas - 2013

It is often claimed that universities act as local knowledge factories. Although this function is largely analyzed in … industry affects interactions between universities and firms. Thereby, we differentiate between six technological regimes … constituted by different knowledge dynamics. Our analyses are based on a unique dataset containing all German universities …

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Different network typologies in patenting activity of academic inventors through time: the case of Italian chemists in the period 2000–2011

Capellari, Saveria; De Stefano, Domenico - In: Triple Helix 3 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18

structure with multiple ties and involvement of academics as individuals and of universities as organisation; type C … (disconnected subnetworks) represents the typical invented patent with no role of universities as organisation. The whole network … orientation of Italian universities towards patenting. After 2005, the number of actors grew disproportionally and the network …

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Surveyed impact of intellectual property training in STEM education on innovation, research, and development

O'Sullivan, S.; Friebe, Michael; Tonti, W. R.; … - In: The Journal of World Intellectual Property 23 (2020) 5-6, pp. 658-678

This paper analyzes the findings of an international survey questionnaire to which responses were received from over 500 members from different technical societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The survey is primarily intended to uncover members' perceptions of...

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The sustainable development goals and the University of Bath: An opportunity

Schantz, Nichole M.; Charles, Aurelie; Copestake, James G. - 2021

(SDGs). This paper responds to the call for universities to join this effort by reviewing how the University of Bath could …. Universities can choose how far to align themselves with the SDGs over the next decade, but not how far the SDGs will be used by …

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The research university, invention, and industry: Evidence from German history

Dittmar, Jeremiah E.; Meisenzahl, Ralf R. - 2022

We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political … shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel … microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing developed similarly in cities closer to and farther from universities in the …

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The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education

Elsayed, Ahmed; Shirshikova, Alina - 2023

We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We … outcome of university construction. Local universities reduced men's migration for study and women's migration for early …

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University social responsibility: The case of Italy

Comoli, Maurizio; Gelmini, Lorenzo; Minutiello, Valentina; … - In: Administrative Sciences 11 (2021) 4, pp. 1-22

has led to the birth of the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR), which suggests that universities … article is to promote greater awareness on the part of universities of the importance of addressing sustainability issues. The … adoption of social reporting practices by Italian universities and identify the main reasons and barriers to the adoption of …

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Toward a sustainable university: Babes-Bolyai University goes green

Zanellato, Gianluca; Tiron-Tudor, Adriana - In: Administrative Sciences 11 (2021) 4, pp. 1-20

The present research aims to investigate the roadmap followed by a Romanian University implementing sustainability practices and thus contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Informed by the stakeholder theory lens, the study contributes to the literature by exposing,...

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Universities' social responsibility through the lens of strategic planning: A content analysis

Nardo, Maria Teresa; Codreanu, Georgiana Cristina; … - In: Administrative Sciences 11 (2021) 4, pp. 1-16

This paper examines the degree of social responsibility integration in Italian public universities' medium and long … strategic plans issued by Italian large and mega universities. The coding instrument was developed considering the 17 … key symbols. The analysis undertaken showed that to date, Italian public universities still pay little attention in their …

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