This collection investigates the phenomenon of ""Open Innovation,"", in which firms draw on research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's...

"Academic science in the U.S. once self-consciously avoided the market. But today it is seen as an economic engine that keeps the nation globally competitive. Creating the Market University compares the origins of biotech entrepreneurship, university patenting, and university-industry research...

A new kind of uprising at Berkeley -- The lessons of history -- The birth of the market-model U -- The republic of science in turmoil -- Are conflicts of interest hazardous to our health? -- The university as business -- Dreaming of Silicon Valley -- Paying more for less : the commercial squeeze...

Für die technologische Leistungs- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer Volkswirtschaft hat der Wissens- und Technologietransfer von der Wissenschaft in die Wirtschaft eine wichtige Bedeutung. Es wird deshalb in den Industrieländern seit langem darüber diskutiert, wie das Innovationssystem...