Literature has identified formal and informal channels in university technology transfer. While formal technology transfer typically involves a legal contract on a patent or on collaborative research activities, informal transfer channels refer to personal contacts and hence to the tacit...

Literature has identified formal and informal channels in university knowledge and technology transfer (KTT). While formal KTT typically involves a legal contract on a patent or on collaborative research activities, informal transfer channels refer to personal contacts and hence to the tacit...

1 Introduction -- 2 International Diffusion of Innovations: Overviews of Literature -- 3 Foundations of Lead Markets -- 4 The Case of Cellular Mobile Telephony -- 5 Harnessing Lead Markets for Global Innovations -- 6 Discussion, Limitations and Further Research -- 7 Epilogue: Implications for...