Do academic scientists bring valuable human capital to the companies they found or join? If so, what are the particular … questions using a particular group of academic entrepreneurs biomedical research scientists who choose to commercialize their … performance that correlate with differences in the scientists' research orientations developed during their academic careers. We …

, suggesting that professional imprinting takes place in the early stages of a scientist’s academic career. Based on a sample of …), we find that scientists with industry-oriented co-authors are more likely to be involved with industry (personal peer … effect). Moreover, we find that the scientist’s involvement increases with the orientation of the scientist’s department …

We estimate the relative contribution of mobile scientists who leave academia for the private sector on the subsequent … Office. We compare the efficacy of mobile former university scientists to the effects of mobile workers hired from other … scientists contribute substantially more to innovation than R&D workers hired from other firms who, in turn, contribute slightly …