Transfer of Academic Research - Uncovering the Grey Zone
Författare
Summary, in English
In this study, we respond to calls for further investigation on why and how scientists choose to commercialize their research. Mowery (University entrepreneurship and technology transfer: process design, and intellectual property, Elsevier, Oxford 2005), in his criticism of the US-system, emphasizes the need for multiple channels between university and industry. His argument makes the case of Sweden interesting, where the researchers own the intellectual property of their research. Sweden thus constitutes a unique case where data can be found on which choices researchers make in a setting where a variety of channels for transfer are available. Our empirical data, collected through case studies, allowed for the expansion of the typology for mechanisms for transfer of academic research as well as the development of a typology for determinants for researchers' choice to engage in transfer of research. Apart from those contributions to the theoretic discussion, the data also provided policy implications.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
617-636
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Technology Transfer
Volym
35
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Business Administration
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- Industry
- Academia
- Technology transfer
- Commercialization
- Stem cell
- research
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0892-9912