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The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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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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Against the background of the so-called European paradox, i.e. the conjecture that EU countries lack the capability to transfer science into commercial innovations, knowledge transfer from academia to industry has been a central issue in policy debates recently. Based on a sample of German...
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subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …
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. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …
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This paper discusses the impact of a firm's technology portfolio on its market value. Two concepts are used to characterize a firm's portfolio: the number of technological fields and the degree of relatedness within the portfolio characterized by the amount of joint occurrences of patents in...
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An innovative firm chooses strategically whether to patent its process innovation or rely on secrecy. By doing so, the … an innovative firm with unknown costs and probabilistic patent validity. Increasing the number of firms (degree of … a smaller (greater) patenting incentive if patent protection is weak (strong). …
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challenger invests more into R&D in order to enter a new market than the incumbent. Thus, the patent racing model by Reinganum …
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output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …
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This paper aims to provide an overview of the recently introduced demand based innovation policy instrument in Finland - the Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation (in Finnish - SHOKs). SHOKs are formed to support the innovative activities of existing industries in Finland with...
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