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,...

It is often claimed that universities act as local knowledge factories. Although this function is largely analyzed in previous research, there still is a knowledge gap regarding the role of a technological match between the profiles of partners in university-industry interactions. In addition,...

In this paper, we present the results of a network analysis applied to academic patent data in a subsector of the chemical field in Italy in the period 2000-2011. In particular, we analyse the micro-level interactions to point out the different network structures shaped by university-owned and...

Innovations in the biopharmaceutical sector are heavily dependent on knowledge/technology transfer relationships between academic research and industrial actors (firms). The South African biopharmaceuticals sector is characterized by a paradox whereby on one hand the country possesses a robust...

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...