A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university-industry knowledge transfer. We present a systematic review of research on academic scientists’ involvement in these activities to which we...

This article discusses the three concepts of "learning," "entrepreneurship" and "dynamics of the firm" in order to bridge some of the gap between micro and macro levels of analysis in evolutionary economics. This article addresses the following four issues: 1) Localized learning dependent on the...

This paper investigates the characteristics and importance of academic involvement in industrial invention processes by comparing firms’ academic and non-academic patents. In contrast to previous research, this paper analyses firm-owned patents, which provides insight into the characteristics...